VERSES ON MARRIAGE

By Robert R. Breaker III

Genesis 2:18          And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Ecclesiastes 4:9     Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

Ecclesiastes 4:10   For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

Ecclesiastes 4:11   Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

Ecclesiastes 4:12  And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Hebrews 13:4        Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Mark 10:6             But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

Mark 10:7             For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

Mark 10:8             And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

Mat 19:6               Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Ephesians 5:31      For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

1 Corinthians 7:2         Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 11:9       Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

Genesis 2:20               And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

Hosea 2:19                  And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

Hosea 2:20                  I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

Ephesians 5:25            Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Ephesians 5:23             For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

1 Corinthians 11:3        But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 11:12      For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.

Genesis 3:16                Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

1 Peter 3:1                    Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

1 Peter 3:5                    For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

Ephesians 5:24             Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

1 Corinthians 14:34      Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

Ephesians 5:22             Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Colossians 3:18            Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

Ephesians 5:28                So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

Ephesians 5:33                Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Colossians 3:19               Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

1 Corinthians 7:3             Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

Ephesians 5:29                For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

1 Corinthians 7:36          But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.

1 Peter 3:6                        Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

Titus 2:5                           To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

1 Corinthians 7:4             The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

1 Corinthians 7:5             Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

1 Corinthians 7:10            And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

1 Corinthians 11:10          For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

1 Corinthians 11:15          But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.

1 Peter 3:3                        Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

1 Peter 3:4                         But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

1 Tim 5:14                         I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

1 Tim 5:15                         For some are already turned aside after Satan.

1 Peter 3:8                         Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

1 Peter 3:9                         Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

1. Protector of his wife

1 Pet 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

2. Lover of his wife

Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

3. Head of his wife

1 Corinthians 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

4. Teacher

1 Corinthians 14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

5. Saviour

Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

1. Help

Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

2. Crown

Proverbs 12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

3. Glory

1 Corinthians 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

4. Precious

5. Weaker Vessel

6. A Good Thing

Proverbs 18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

Psalm 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Gen. 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

Hebrews 13:5 ...I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.