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Bible Verses About Waiting Until Marriage
Find Bible verses about waiting until marriage — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about waiting until marriage?
The Bible addresses waiting until marriage 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
Hebrews 13:4
“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.”
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Hebrews 10:13
“from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet.”
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Luke 20:34
“Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.”
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1 Timothy 4:3
“forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.”
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Psalms 27:14
“Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh. By David.”
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Genesis 49:10
“The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.”
Genesis 2:24
“Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.”
Psalms 6:3
“My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh--how long?”
Psalms 130:6
“My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.”
Proverbs 13:12
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.”
Isaiah 64:4
“For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.”
Matthew 18:22
“Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.”
Psalms 57:1
“Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.”
Ezekiel 28:15
“You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.”
Song of Solomon 3:5
“I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.”
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