Bible verses about marriage

Genesis 2:24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

The origin of marriage: leaving father and mother and becoming one flesh.

Ecclesiastes 4:9–12

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Two are better than one, and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Ephesians 5:25

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

A husband’s love compared with the self-giving love of Christ.

Proverbs 18:22

Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

Finding a spouse as a good thing, a favor from God.

Song of Songs 8:6–7

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Love strong as death, which many waters cannot quench.

Mark 10:9

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

What God has joined together, let no one separate: a line heard at many weddings.