15 Verses for Engaged Couples

Engagement is an exciting time of life as a couple prepares for marriage and their future lives together. Marriage is a lifelong commitment that is taken seriously and is a reflection of Christ’s love for the church. This exciting time is not only a time of practical preparation, but is also a direct and unique reminder to us of how we should be prepared for Christ’s return when He will unite with His bride the church.

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What Does the Bible Say to Engaged Couples?

Old Testament

Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Proverbs 18:22
He who finds a wife finds a good thing
and obtains favor from the LORD.

Proverbs 19:14
House and wealth are inherited from fathers,
but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

Proverbs 31:10
An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.

Song of Solomon 8:7
Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his house,
he would be utterly despised.

Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a young woman,
so shall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so shall your God rejoice over you.

New Testament

1 Corinthians 13:4–7
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

2 Corinthians 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness

Ephesians 4:2
[Walk] with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Colossians 3:14
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.