Bible Verses About Finding a Wife

Bible verses about Finding a Wife

200 verses
Topic

Discover what the Bible says about finding a wife.

Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.

Scripture Passages

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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.

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Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took to him his wife:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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,

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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.

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And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance.

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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.

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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.

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Whoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whoever marrieth her that is put away from [her] husband, committeth adultery.

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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,

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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.

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

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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!

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Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

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Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

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So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

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[Whoever] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favor from the LORD.

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House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.

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It hath been said, Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

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And when Jesus had come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick with a fever.

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His disciples say to him, If the case of the man is so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.

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Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

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And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and secluded herself five months, saying,

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To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

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And another said, I have married a wife: and therefore I cannot come.

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Remember Lot's wife.

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There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

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And the second took her for a wife, and he died childless.

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