Concordance
“Marriage” in the Bible
141 verses contain “marriage” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible.
- Genesis 4:19 And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
- Genesis 19:14 …t went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the…
- Genesis 20:3 One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
- Genesis 25:20 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.
- Genesis 28:6 Now Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman,”
- Genesis 28:9 Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
- Genesis 29:26 Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
- Genesis 34:21 …it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to…
- Exodus 2:1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
- Exodus 2:21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
- Exodus 6:20 And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
- Exodus 6:23 And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
- Exodus 6:25 Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
- Exodus 22:16 If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
- Leviticus 18:17 …elations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close…
- Leviticus 20:14 If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
- Leviticus 20:17 If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of…
- Leviticus 20:21 If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.
- Leviticus 21:4 He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
- Leviticus 21:7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
- Leviticus 21:13 The woman he marries must be a virgin.
- Leviticus 21:14 He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
- Leviticus 22:12 If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.
- Numbers 12:1 Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
- Numbers 30:6 If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,
- Numbers 36:3 But if they marry any of the men from the other tribes of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the portion of our fathers and added to the tribe into which…
- Numbers 36:4 And when the Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to the tribe into which they marry and taken away from the tribe of our fathers.”
- Numbers 36:6 … commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: They may marry anyone they please, provided they marry within a clan of the tribe of their…
- Numbers 36:8 … who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his…
- Numbers 36:11 Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side.
- Numbers 36:12 They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained within the tribe of their father’s clan.
- Deuteronomy 20:7 Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
- Deuteronomy 22:13 Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,
- Deuteronomy 22:14 and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
- Deuteronomy 22:16 and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
- Deuteronomy 22:23 If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
- Deuteronomy 22:28 If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
- Deuteronomy 22:30 A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.
- Deuteronomy 24:1 If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send…
- Deuteronomy 24:5 If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
- Deuteronomy 25:5 …ther and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a…
- Deuteronomy 25:7 But if the man does not want to marry his brother’s widow, she is to go to the elders at the city gate and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to preserve his brother’s…
- Deuteronomy 25:8 Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
- Deuteronomy 27:20 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Deuteronomy 28:30 You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not…
- Joshua 15:16 And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
- Joshua 15:17 So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
- Judges 1:12 And Caleb said, “To the man who strikes down Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage.”
- Judges 1:13 So Othniel son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz captured the city, and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
- Judges 3:6 And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
- Judges 12:9 …ad thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged…
- Judges 21:1 Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
- Judges 21:7 What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
- 1 Samuel 17:25 …ill give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in…
- 1 Samuel 18:17 …“Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my…
- 1 Samuel 18:19 So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.
- 1 Samuel 18:27 … son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in…
- 1 Samuel 25:39 …n head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in…
- 1 Samuel 25:43 David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
- 2 Samuel 17:25 …sa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of…
- 1 Kings 4:15 Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);
- 1 Kings 7:8 And the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
- 1 Kings 11:19 There Hadad found such great favor in the sight of Pharaoh that he gave to him in marriage the sister of Queen Tahpenes, his own wife.
- 1 Kings 16:31 …r him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship…
- 2 Kings 8:18 And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 14:9 … cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the…
- 1 Chronicles 2:19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.
- 1 Chronicles 2:21 Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
- 1 Chronicles 2:35 Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.
- 1 Chronicles 23:22 The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
- 2 Chronicles 11:18 And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
- 2 Chronicles 11:20 After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
- 2 Chronicles 13:21 But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 18:1 Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.
- 2 Chronicles 21:6 And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 25:18 … cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the…
- Ezra 2:61 …ndants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their…
- Ezra 9:12 Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be…
- Ezra 10:14 … the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until…
- Ezra 10:17 and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.
- Ezra 10:18 Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers:
- Ezra 10:44 All these men had married foreign women, and some of them had children by these wives.
- Nehemiah 6:18 …-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of…
- Nehemiah 7:63 …ndants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their…
- Nehemiah 10:30 We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
- Nehemiah 13:23 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
- Nehemiah 13:25 …h before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for…
- Proverbs 30:23 an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
- Isaiah 62:5 For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
- Jeremiah 3:1 “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot…
- Jeremiah 16:2 “You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.”
- Jeremiah 29:6 …ghters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not…
- Ezekiel 44:22 And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
- Daniel 11:17 … with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help…
- Hosea 1:3 So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
- Matthew 1:18 … of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy…
- Matthew 5:32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- Matthew 19:9 Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”
- Matthew 19:10 His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
- Matthew 22:24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
- Matthew 22:25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
- Matthew 22:28 In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”
- Matthew 22:30 In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
- Matthew 24:38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
- Mark 6:17 For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
- Mark 10:11 So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
- Mark 10:12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
- Mark 12:19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
- Mark 12:20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.
- Mark 12:21 Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.
- Mark 12:23 In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
- Mark 12:25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
- Luke 1:27 to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
- Luke 2:5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.
- Luke 2:36 There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,
- Luke 14:20 Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
- Luke 16:18 Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- Luke 17:27 People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
- Luke 20:28 …other dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for…
- Luke 20:29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.
- Luke 20:31 and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
- Luke 20:33 So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
- Luke 20:34 Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
- Luke 20:35 But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
- Romans 7:2 For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
- Romans 7:3 …is free from that law and is not an adulteress, even if she marries another…
- 1 Corinthians 7:9 But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
- 1 Corinthians 7:10 To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
- 1 Corinthians 7:28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
- 1 Corinthians 7:33 But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
- 1 Corinthians 7:34 … Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her…
- 1 Corinthians 7:36 …betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get…
- 1 Corinthians 7:37 But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
- 1 Corinthians 7:38 So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
- 1 Corinthians 7:39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
- 1 Timothy 4:3 They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
- 1 Timothy 5:11 But refuse to enroll younger widows. For when their passions draw them away from Christ, they will want to marry,
- 1 Timothy 5:14 So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for slander.
- Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
- Revelation 19:7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
- Revelation 19:9 Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”