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What does the Bible say about who you should marry?

19 verses about who you should marry, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about who you should marry

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? 14 votes
Proverbs 31:10 — Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 9 votes
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. 8 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. 8 votes
Deuteronomy 7:3 — Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 5 votes
Matthew 19:4 — And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 votes
Mark 10:12 — And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery. 5 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. 5 votes
Hebrews 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 5 votes
Ephesians 5:22 — Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 4 votes
Leviticus 18:6 — None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. 3 votes
Numbers 36:6 — This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. 3 votes
Matthew 19:9 — And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. 3 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. 3 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. 3 votes
1 Peter 5:10 — But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 3 votes
Deuteronomy 24:1 — When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 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
Mark 10:2 — And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. 2 votes

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Matthew (3), Deuteronomy (2), Mark (2), Ephesians (2), Genesis (1), Leviticus (1), Numbers (1), Proverbs (1), Luke (1), Romans (1), 1 Corinthians (1), 2 Corinthians (1) and 2 more

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