Bible Verses About Finding a Wife
Bible verses about Finding a Wife
Discover what the Bible says about finding a wife.
Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.
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Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house: thy children like olive plants around thy table.
A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Uriah;
Scripture Passages
But while he thought on these things, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take to thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit.
Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took to him his wife:
But I say to you, That whoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of lewdness, causeth her to commit adultery: and whoever shall marry her that is divorced, committeth adultery.
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put [him] in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
But as he had not ability to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
And said, For this [cause] shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?
And I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, except for lewdness, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoever marrieth her who is put away, committeth adultery.
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man shall die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
Now there were with us seven brothers: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased; and having no issue, left his wife to his brother.
When he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream, because of him.
There was in the days of Herod the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife [was] of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elisabeth.
But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
And Zacharias said to the angel, By what shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife far advanced in years.
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And the mother of Simon's wife was taken with a violent fever; and they besought him for her.
And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest: and finding none, he saith, I will return to my house whence I came out.
If any [man] cometh to me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whoever marrieth her that is put away from [her] husband, committeth adultery.
And he said to them, Verily I say to you, there is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,
Saying, Master, Moses wrote to us, If any man's brother should die, having a wife, and he should die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the [wife] of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
[Whoever] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favor from the LORD.
House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.
It hath been said, Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick with a fever.
His disciples say to him, If the case of the man is so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.
Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and secluded herself five months, saying,
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
And another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot come.
Remember Lot's wife.
There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
And the second took her for a wife, and he died childless.