What Scripture says about marriage, faithfulness, and the unity of spouses.
16 Scripture Passages · Father’s Blessing Bible
Genesis 2:24
For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother, and cling to his wife, and they will be [the two] one flesh.
Matthew 19:4–6
4 He answered them: Have you not read that the One who created them in the beginning made them male and female? 5 And He said: Therefore a man will leave his father and mother and cling to his wife, and the two will be one flesh, 6 so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Ephesians 5:31–33
31 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32 This mystery is great; I am speaking with reference to Christ and the Church. 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife respect her husband.
Proverbs 18:22
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. [He who drives away a good wife drives away happiness, but he who keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.]
Proverbs 5:18–19
18 May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, 19 a loving doe and a graceful hind; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, and may you always be intoxicated with her love.
Song of Solomon 8:6–7
6 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a signet upon your arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave; its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly despised.
1 Corinthians 7:3–5
3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Do not deprive one another, except with consent for a time, that you may devote yourselves to [[fasting and]] prayer; and then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Mark 10:6–9
6 But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. 7 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother, 8 and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.
Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
1 Peter 3:7
Likewise, you husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, showing them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God said, “It is not good for man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
Proverbs 31:10–12
10 Who can find a virtuous wife? Her worth is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will lack no gain. 12 She rewards him with good, not evil, all the days of her life.
Malachi 2:14–15
14 You ask, “Why?” Because the Lord was a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have acted treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 Did He not make them one, with a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your fleeting life, whom He has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days; for this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
Proverbs 19:14
Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
