Bible Verses About Marriage Arrangements

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

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.

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

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

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

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.

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

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

Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.

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

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.

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.

How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

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

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

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

And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.