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Bible Verses About Getting Married
Find Bible verses about getting married — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about getting married?
The Bible addresses getting married with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Luke 17:27
“They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.”
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2 Corinthians 11:2
“For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.”
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Numbers 36:6
“This is the thing which Yahweh does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.”
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1 Corinthians 7:39
“A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whoever she desires, only in the Lord.”
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Luke 2:5
“to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.”
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Luke 14:20
“"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'”
Deuteronomy 20:7
“What man is there who has pledged to be married a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her."”
Ezra 10:2
“Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, "We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel co...”
Luke 1:27
“to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.”
Numbers 36:11
“for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father's brothers' sons.”
Numbers 30:6
“"If she is married to a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,”
Nehemiah 13:23
“In those days also saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:”
Deuteronomy 22:23
“If there is a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;”
Leviticus 22:12
“If a priest's daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.”
Leviticus 19:20
“"'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because...”
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Philippians 3:13 — “Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things ...”
Numbers 36:12 — “They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance...”
Genesis 41:51 — “Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toi...”
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