finding your mate
What does the Bible say about finding your mate? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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4Delight in the Lord, and he will grant to you the petitions of your heart.
24For this reason, I say to you, all things whatsoever that you ask for when praying: believe that you will receive them, and they will happen for you.
18The Lord God also said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.”
7Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
11For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end. 12And you shall call upon me, and you shall go forth. And you shall pray to me, and I will heed you. 13You shall seek me. And you will find me, when you have sought me with your whole heart.
22He who has found a good wife has found goodness, and he shall draw contentment from the Lord. He who expels a good wife expels goodness. But he who holds on to an adulteress is foolish and impious.
33Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
16Search and read diligently in the book of the Lord. Not one of them was lacking; not one has sought for the other. For what has proceeded from my mouth, he has commanded, and his very Spirit has gathered them.
9Therefore, it is better for two to be together, than for one to be alone. For they have the advantage of their companionship.
24For this reason, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife; and the two shall be as one flesh.
1Now, faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not apparent.
4May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
5Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence.
5But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.