Top 30 Bible Verses about a Strong Marriage

Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the LORD.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her.

Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

And above all things have fervent love for one another, for love will cover a multitude of sins.

But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

Love is patient, love is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy as cruel as the grave; its flames are flames of fire, a most vehement flame.

Yet you say, “For what reason?” Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, with whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.

So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.

Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.

Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.

Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fattened calf with hatred.

Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

My beloved is mine, and I am his.

Submitting to one another in the fear of God.

Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment.

We love Him because He first loved us.

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Let all that you do be done with love.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

A strong marriage requires loving your partner even when you don’t.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman; similarly, one becomes partners in a strong marriage.

The best advice is not to give advice, but instead to listen and support each other.