Love & Relationships
Bible Verses About early marriage
15 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about early marriage? Browse 15 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 7:36 |
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| King James (KJV) | “But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age , and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.” |
15 Key Scriptures
“But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age , and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.”
“I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. to speak: Gr. for their railing”
“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. that: Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why, etc”
“And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,”
Matthew 19:4KJV
“And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.”
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
Genesis 2:24KJV
“And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Intreat: or, Be not against me”
Ruth 1:16KJV
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”
“When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. neither: Heb. not any thing shall pass upon him”
“But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.”
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”
“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”
“Nevertheless , to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.”
“House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.”
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