- Genesis 2:24 (NIV)
“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV)
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
- Proverbs 18:22 (NIV)
“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.”
- Ephesians 4:2-3 (NIV)
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
- Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NIV)
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”
- 1 Peter 3:7 (NIV)
“Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.”
- Song of Solomon 8:6-7 (NIV)
“Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.”
- Colossians 3:14 (NIV)
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
- 1 Corinthians 16:14 (NIV)
“Do everything in love.”
- Romans 12:10 (NIV)
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
- 1 Corinthians 7:2 (NIV)
“But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.”
- Mark 10:9 (NIV)
“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
- Proverbs 31:10 (NIV)
“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”
- 1 John 4:7 (NIV)
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”
- 1 John 4:12 (NIV)
“No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.”
- 1 John 3:18 (NIV)
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”
- Matthew 19:6 (NIV)
“So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
- Proverbs 5:18-19 (NIV)
“May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
- Proverbs 30:18-19 (NIV)
“There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman.”
- Philippians 2:2-3 (NIV)
“Then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,”
- 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
- Hebrews 13:4 (NIV)
“Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.”
- Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV)
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
- 1 Corinthians 10:24 (NIV)
“No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.”
- 1 Corinthians 14:1 (NIV)
“Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.”
- 1 John 4:19 (NIV)
“We love because he first loved us.”
- Romans 13:8 (NIV)
“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”
- Romans 13:10 (NIV)
“Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”