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What does the Bible say about the marriage bed?

23 verses about the marriage bed, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about the marriage bed

Hebrews 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 12 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. 9 votes
Proverbs 5:18 — Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 6 votes
Colossians 3:19 — Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 5 votes
1 Corinthians 10:13 — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 4 votes
Ephesians 5:22 — Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 4 votes
Job 31:1 — I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? 3 votes
1 Corinthians 6:18 — Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 3 votes
1 Corinthians 7:12 — But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. 3 votes
Galatians 5:16 — This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 3 votes
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; 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
Exodus 20:1 — And God spake all these words, saying, 2 votes
Psalms 91:1 — He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 votes
Proverbs 18:22 — Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. 2 votes
Malachi 2:16 — For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. 2 votes
Matthew 5:32 — But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. 2 votes
Luke 16:18 — Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. 2 votes
Romans 7:2 — For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 2 votes
1 Corinthians 6:13 — Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. 2 votes
1 Corinthians 7:2 — Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 2 votes
1 Corinthians 7:9 — But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. 2 votes
Ephesians 5:1 — Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 2 votes

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1 Corinthians (7), Proverbs (2), Ephesians (2), Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Malachi (1), Matthew (1), Luke (1), Romans (1), Galatians (1) and 3 more

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