Bible Verses About Seeking a Spouse

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

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:

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

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

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.

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

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:

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

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

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

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

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.

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

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

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

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

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

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

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

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

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

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.

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

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

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.

But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.