Verses about Marriage
God's design for husbands and wives. 30 curated verses to bring you clarity and truth.
1 Kings 21:5
But his wife Jezebel came to him and asked, 'Why are you so downhearted that you won't even eat?'
⚡ Jezebel noticed her husband Ahab was so upset and depressed that he had lost his appetite and wouldn't eat.
Read Made Simple1 Timothy 3:2
If someone's going to lead in the church, they need to be someone you can actually look up to, faithful in their marriage, alert and clear-headed, someone wh…
⚡ Church leaders should be the kind of people you'd trust with your biggest problems.
Read Made SimpleMark 12:25
When people come back from the dead, they won't be getting married or having weddings anymore, they'll be like the angels in heaven.
⚡ Heaven hits different, no marriage, just pure angel energy.
Read Made SimpleGenesis 19:26
But Lot's wife looked back behind her as they were escaping, and she turned into a pillar of salt.
⚡ This verse describes how Lot's wife disobeyed God's clear warning not to look back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, and as a result, she was instantly turned into a pillar of salt.
Read Made SimpleGenesis 26:9
So Abimelech called Isaac to him and said, 'Look, she's clearly your wife! Why did you tell me she was your sister?' Isaac answered, 'Because I thought, I mi…
⚡ Isaac is confronted by King Abimelech for lying about his wife Rebekah, and Isaac admits he was afraid he would be killed if people knew she was his wife.
Read Made SimpleGenesis 30:20
And Leah said, 'God has given me a wonderful gift; now my husband will honor me and stay close to me, because I have given him six sons.' And she named the b…
⚡ Leah believes that having six sons will finally earn her husband Jacob's love and attention, and she sees this as God's blessing to her.
Read Made SimpleGenesis 26:34
When Esau was forty years old, he married two women: Judith, whose father was Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath, whose father was Elon the Hittite.
⚡ This verse tells us that Esau married two Hittite women when he was forty years old.
Read Made Simple2 Kings 4:22
She called to her husband and said, 'Please send me one of the servants and a donkey, so I can quickly go to the man of God and come back.'
⚡ The Shunammite woman is asking her husband for transportation so she can urgently travel to see Elisha the prophet.
Read Made Simple1 Samuel 1:19
Early in the morning, they got up and worshipped before the LORD, then returned home to Ramah. Elkanah was intimate with his wife Hannah, and the LORD rememb…
⚡ The writer is showing that after Hannah's prayer, she and her husband went home where they were intimate, and God remembered Hannah's desperate plea for a child.
Read Made SimpleProverbs 19:13
A foolish son brings disaster to his father, and a quarrelsome wife is like water that never stops dripping.
⚡ This verse warns that foolish children and constantly arguing spouses can make life miserable for their families.
Read Made SimpleRuth 1:2
The man's name was Elimelech, his wife was named Naomi, and their two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were from the tribe of Ephrath in Bethlehem of Judah…
⚡ This verse introduces us to a family from Bethlehem - Elimelech, his wife Naomi, and their two sons - who moved to the foreign country of Moab.
Read Made Simple2 Chronicles 22:11
But Jehoshabeath, the king's daughter, took Joash (who was Ahaziah's son) and secretly rescued him from among the king's sons who were being killed. She hid …
⚡ This verse shows how Jehoshabeath courageously saved her baby nephew Joash from being murdered by hiding him from the evil queen who was killing all the royal heirs.
Read Made Simple1 Samuel 18:19
But when the time came for Merab, Saul's daughter, to be given in marriage to David, she was instead given as a wife to Adriel from Meholah.
⚡ This verse shows how King Saul broke his promise to give his daughter Merab to David as a wife, giving her to someone else instead.
Read Made SimpleLuke 20:33
So here's the question: when everyone rises from the dead, whose wife is she going to be? Because all seven brothers were married to her at some point.
⚡ They're basically asking Jesus to solve the ultimate relationship drama.
Read Made SimpleJudges 19:3
Her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back home. He took his servant with him and a couple of donkeys. When he arrived, …
⚡ The husband went to his wife's father's house to reconcile with her and bring her home, and her father was glad to see him.
Read Made SimpleGenesis 23:13
Abraham spoke to Ephron in front of all the people of the land, saying, 'But if you will sell it to me, please listen to me: I will pay you the full price fo…
⚡ Abraham is insisting on paying full price for a burial place for Sarah, refusing to accept it as a gift and wanting to own it legally.
Read Made SimpleJudges 15:6
Then the Philistines asked, 'Who did this?' And they were told, 'Samson, the son-in-law of the man from Timnah, because the man took Samson's wife and gave h…
⚡ The Philistines discovered that Samson had destroyed their crops in revenge for losing his wife, so they brutally killed his wife and her father in response.
Read Made SimpleGenesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, 'Listen, you are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is alrea…
⚡ God is warning Abimelech through a dream that he's in serious danger because he has taken another man's wife, not knowing she was married.
Read Made SimpleNumbers 5:14
And if a spirit of jealousy comes over him, and he becomes jealous of his wife, and she has been unfaithful; or if a spirit of jealousy comes over him, and h…
⚡ This verse describes a situation where a husband becomes jealous and suspicious of his wife, whether she has actually been unfaithful or not.
Read Made SimpleMark 1:30
Simon's mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and right away they told Jesus about her.
⚡ When someone you care about is hurting, you bring them to Jesus immediately.
Read Made SimpleJudges 13:20
When the flame rose up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the LORD went up in the flame. Manoah and his wife saw this happen and immediately fell fac…
⚡ The writer is describing how Manoah and his wife finally realized they had been talking with God's angel, and they responded by bowing down in worship and awe.
Read Made Simple1 Chronicles 1:50
When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad became king in his place. His capital city was called Pai, and his wife's name was Mehetabel, who was the daughter of Matred and …
⚡ This verse records the succession of Edomite kings, showing how leadership passed from one ruler to the next with details about the new king's city and family.
Read Made SimpleJudges 14:16
Samson's wife cried in front of him and said, 'You only hate me and don't love me at all! You gave a riddle to my people, but you won't tell me the answer.' …
⚡ This verse shows a heated argument between Samson and his wife, where she accuses him of not loving her because he won't share his riddle's answer, and he responds that he hasn't told anyone, not even his parents.
Read Made SimpleExodus 21:8
If the master who bought her to be his wife is not pleased with her, then he must allow her family to buy her back. He cannot sell her to foreigners, because…
⚡ This verse protects a female servant from being sold to strangers if her master breaks his promise to marry her, requiring him to let her family redeem her instead.
Read Made SimpleMatthew 25:10
But while they were out buying oil, the groom showed up. The ones who were already prepared got to go into the wedding with him, and then the door was closed.
⚡ When the moment comes, being prepared is everything, there's no time to scramble.
Read Made SimpleGenesis 34:4
And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, 'Get this young woman for me as my wife.'
⚡ Shechem is asking his father to arrange a marriage with Dinah after he had violated her.
Read Made SimpleJudges 14:20
But Samson's wife was given to his best man, who had been his friend at the wedding.
⚡ This verse shows that Samson's wife was given to another man who had served as his wedding attendant and friend.
Read Made SimpleLuke 17:32
Don't forget what happened to Lot's wife.
⚡ Sometimes looking back at what you're leaving behind will keep you stuck there forever.
Read Made SimpleGenesis 3:8
They heard the Lord God walking in the garden during the cool evening breeze, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the g…
⚡ This verse shows Adam and Eve hiding from God after they disobeyed Him, revealing how sin creates distance and fear in our relationship with God.
Read Made SimpleExodus 1:16
And he said, 'When you help Hebrew women give birth and see them on the delivery chairs, if the baby is a boy, you must kill him. But if it's a girl, let her…
⚡ The Egyptian Pharaoh ordered the Hebrew midwives to secretly murder all newborn Hebrew boys while allowing girls to live.
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