Bible Verses About Early Marriage

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

And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

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.

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:

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

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

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.

But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.

There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

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.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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.

I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.