Bible Verses About Betrothal

And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath spoken.

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.

And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;

Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.

And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.