What does the Bible say about marriage?
From Genesis to Revelation, marriage is treated as one of God's most serious gifts — a covenant, not a contract. Scripture frames it as two becoming one, mutual self-giving, and a living picture of Christ's love for the church. The Bible neither romanticizes marriage nor reduces it to function; it asks for sacrificial love, faithful presence, and patient kindness.
What God has joined together, let no man separate.
Bible verses about marriage
"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."
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"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;"
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"Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
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"What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."
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"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah."
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"Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them."
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"Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge."
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Frequently asked
What does the Bible say about a husband's role?
Ephesians 5:25 calls husbands to love their wives 'as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it' — sacrificially, not coercively.
What does the Bible say about divorce?
Jesus addresses divorce in Matthew 19 and Mark 10, treating it as a concession to hardness of heart, not God's design. Paul gives further guidance in 1 Corinthians 7.
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