Bible Verses About Desire for Marriage

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.

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

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

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.

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

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.

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

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

But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

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?

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

Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

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

Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

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

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

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

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

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

For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.

And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house: