25 Bible Verses About Relationships and Dating (NIV)
This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Relationships and Dating (NIV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.
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Bible Verses About Relationships and Dating
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1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
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Genesis 2:24
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
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Genesis 2:18
18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."
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2 Corinthians 6:14
14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
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1 Corinthians 6:18
18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
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Romans 12:1-2
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. 2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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1 Peter 4:8
8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
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Galatians 5:19-21
19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
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1 Thessalonians 5:11
11 Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
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1 Peter 3:7
7 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.
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Ephesians 5:25
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
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Proverbs 31:10
10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.
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Leviticus 18:22
22 "'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.
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Matthew 5:27-28
27 "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Ephesians 4:2-3
2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
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Ephesians 5:33
33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
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Hebrews 13:4
4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
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1 Corinthians 7:9
9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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Exodus 20:12
12 "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
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Proverbs 19:14
14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
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Colossians 3:18-19
18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
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Ephesians 6:1-3
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother"--which is the first commandment with a promise-- 3 "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."
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