Notable Verses about Women, Marriage, and Love (OT)

Light Pink Highlights; Includes All Books

Proverbs 5:18-19

“Be happy with your own wife. Enjoy the woman you married while you were young. She is like a beautiful deer, a lovely fawn. Let her love satisfy you completely”

Proverbs 7:4

“Treat wisdom like the woman you love and knowledge like the one dearest to you”

Proverbs 18:22

“If you find a wife, you have found something good. She shows that God is happy with you”

Proverbs 19:2

“Being excited about something is not enough. You must also know what you are doing. Don’t rush into something, or you might do it wrong”

Proverbs 31:11-12

“Her husband depends on her. He will never be poor. She does good for her husband all her life. She never causes him trouble”

Proverbs 31:28-29

“Her children say good things about her. Her husband brags about her and says, ‘there are many good women, but you are the best”

Proverbs 31:30

“Grace and beauty can fool you, but a woman who respect God should be praised”

Proverbs 31:31

“Give her reward she deserves. Praise her in public for what she has done”

Song of Songs 1:9

“My darling, you are more exciting to me than any mare among the stallions pulling Pharaoh’s chariots”

Song of Songs 4:7

“My darling, you are beautiful all over. Every part of you is perfect”

Song of Songs 8:3

“His left arm is under my head, and his right hand holds me”

Song of Songs 8:4

“Women of Jerusalem, promise me, don’t awaken love, don’t arouse love, until I am ready”

Isaiah 54:5-6

“‘Your real husband is the One who made you. His name is God All-Powerful. The Holy One of Israel is your Protector, and Hs is the God of all the earth! Like a woman whose husband has left her, you were very sad. You were like a young wife left all alone. But God has called you back to him.’” This is what God says”

Jeremiah 16:2

“Jeremiah, you must not get married. You must not have sons or daughters in this place”

This (possibly) shows us that God has called some individuals to vocations other than marriage

Ezekiel 8:17

“Then God said, ‘Son of man, do you see this? The people of Judah think My Temple is so unimportant that they will do these terrible things here in My Temple. This country is filled with violence, and they constantly do things to make Me angry. Look, they are wearing rings in their noses to honor the moon as a false god!”

Ezekiel 16:12

“I gave you a nose ring, earrings, and a beautiful crown to wear”

Malachi 2:14

“You ask, ‘Why are our gifts not accepted?’ Is it because God saw the evil things you did - He is a witness against you. He saw you cheat on your wife. You have been married to her since you were young. She was your girlfriend. Then you made your vows to each other - and she became your wife”

Malachi 2:15

“God wants husband and wives to become one body and one spirit. Why? So that they would have holy children and protect that spiritual unity. Don’t cheat on your wife. She has been your wife from the time you were very young”

Malachi 2:16

“God, the God of Israel, says, ‘I hate divorce, and I hate the cruel things that men do. So protect your spiritual unity. Don’t cheat on your wife”