17 Bible Verses About Choosing a Partner

Published

September 24, 2024

Updated

September 28, 2026

Summary

1 Corinthians 7:39 lets a widow marry “anyone she wishes” on one condition: “he must belong to the Lord.”
Proverbs 19:14 sets houses and wealth inherited from parents against a prudent wife, who is “from the Lord.”
Proverbs 31:30 calls charm deceptive and beauty fleeting, and praises the woman who fears the Lord.
In Genesis 24 Abraham’s servant prays for a sign at a spring, and when her family asks for a delay, Rebekah answers that she will go at once.
Song of Songs repeats three times, “Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires” (2:7; 3:5; 8:4).

In the Bible, choosing a husband or wife is a matter of faith and character. Paul lets a widow remarry on one condition, that the man “must belong to the Lord” (1 Corinthians 7:39), and Proverbs praises a woman who fears the Lord above charm and beauty (Proverbs 31:30). Proverbs 18:22 and 19:14 call a good wife favor and a gift from the Lord. Genesis 24 tells how Abraham’s servant prayed at a spring while seeking a wife for Isaac,…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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