When considering marriage
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” (Gen. 2:24 ESV)
Finding a wife is finding a good thing
“He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.” (Prov. 18.22 ESV)
“House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.” (Prov. 19:14 ESV)
Each man and woman should have their own mate
“But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.” (1 Cor. 7:2 ESV)
Let the marriage bed be undefiled
“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.” (Heb. 13:4 ESV)
Therefore…
“Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.” (Eph. 5:22-33 ESV)
Quotes:
“There is no more lovely, friendly or charming relationship, communion or company, than a good marriage.” - Martin Luther
“Marriage was ordained for a remedy and to increase the world and for the man to help the woman and the woman the man, with all love and kindness.” - William Tyndale