What Does the Bible Say About Engagement?
Here are 19 Bible verses about engagement, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Ecclesiastes 4:9
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
BSBTwo are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
- #2Colossians 3:14
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
BSBAnd over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
- #3Hosea 2:19-20
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
BSBSo I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”
- #4Mark 10:9
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
BSBTherefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
- #5Amos 3:3
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
BSBCan two walk together without agreeing where to go?
- #6Mark 10:8
And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
BSBand the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
- #7John 1:3
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
BSBThrough Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
- #8Proverbs 18:22
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
BSBHe who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
- #9John 15:12
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
BSBThis is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
- #101 Corinthians 13:1-13
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; …
BSBIf I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. …
- #11Proverbs 19:14
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
BSBHouses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
- #12Song of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
BSBSet me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
- #13Matthew 19:6
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
BSBSo they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
- #141 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
BSBBeloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- #151 Corinthians 7:10
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
BSBTo the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
- #161 Kings 9:3
And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
BSBAnd the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- #17Deuteronomy 24:5
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.
BSBIf a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
- #18Isaiah 43:4
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
BSBBecause you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.
- #19Deuteronomy 20:7
And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
BSBHas any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).