Bible on Marriage

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

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

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.

And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;

And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.

And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.

And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?

And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

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.

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:

And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob’s sons’ wives, all the souls were threescore and six;