14 Bible Verses About Dating

The 14 most-voted scriptures about Dating, from 8 books (Proverbs, 1 Corinthians, Genesis and 5 more), ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

Genesis 2:18

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The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

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And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

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The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

1 Corinthians 13:4–7

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4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. 6Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. 7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

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4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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4Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

1 Corinthians 15:33

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Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

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Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

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2 Corinthians 6:14

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Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

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Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

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Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

2 Timothy 2:22

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Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Genesis 2:24

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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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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

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Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Proverbs 4:23

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Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

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Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 18:22

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He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

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Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

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Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.

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Proverbs 31:30

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Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

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Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

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Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

Song of Solomon 2:7

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O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

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I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

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I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

1 Corinthians 6:18

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Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

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Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

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Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

2 Corinthians 6:14–15

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14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

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14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

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14Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15What agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what portion does a believer have with an unbeliever?

1 Thessalonians 4:3–5

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3For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; 4each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

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3For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

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3For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, 4that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor, 5not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,

Hebrews 13:4

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Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

14 verses, from 8 books:

  • Genesis (2)
  • Proverbs (3)
  • Song of Solomon (1)
  • 1 Corinthians (3)
  • 2 Corinthians (2)
  • 1 Thessalonians (1)
  • 2 Timothy (1)
  • Hebrews (1)