Bible topics › Choosing A Mate
What does the Bible say about choosing a mate?
22 verses about choosing a mate, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.
Explore this topic on the arcs
Bible verses about choosing a mate
- Philippians 4:6 — Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 8 votes
- 2 Corinthians 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 7 votes
- Proverbs 31:10 — Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 6 votes
- Proverbs 31:30 — Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. 6 votes
- Proverbs 21:19 — It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. 5 votes
- 1 Corinthians 7:1 — Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 5 votes
- Proverbs 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. 3 votes
- Proverbs 18:22 — Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. 3 votes
- Proverbs 19:20 — Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. 3 votes
- Amos 3:3 — Can two walk together, except they be agreed? 3 votes
- Romans 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 3 votes
- 1 Peter 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. 3 votes
- Genesis 2:24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 2 votes
- Proverbs 15:22 — Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. 2 votes
- Proverbs 19:14 — House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. 2 votes
- Matthew 6:29 — And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 2 votes
- Mark 10:9 — What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 2 votes
- 1 Corinthians 13:1 — Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 votes
- Ephesians 5:25 — Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 2 votes
- Ephesians 5:28 — So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 2 votes
- 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. 2 votes
- Colossians 3:19 — Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 2 votes
Where these verses are
Proverbs (8), Ephesians (3), 1 Corinthians (2), Genesis (1), Amos (1), Matthew (1), Mark (1), Romans (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Philippians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Peter (1)
Related topics
- Loving Your Wife
- Respect The Wife
- Wives
- Husbands And Wives
- Marriage
- Treatment Of Spouse
- Honor Your Wife
- Wanting To Be Married
- A Husband
- Christian Marriage
- Man And Wife
- Love And Marriage
Topical Bible data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/topics/), CC BY 4.0. Votes reflect how many readers judged each verse relevant; they are not a doctrinal ranking. Verse text: King James Version.