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What does the Bible say about finding a mate?

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The Bible teaches that marriage is a good gift of God, to be sought with prayer, wisdom, purity, and trust in his providence rather than anxious striving. Genesis 2:18 and 2:24 present marriage as God’s design for companionship and covenantal union, while Proverbs 18:22 praises a godly spouse as the Lord’s favor. Believers may bring their desires to God in prayer, as Philippians 4:6 and Matthew 7:7 encourage, yet Matthew 6:32 reminds us that the Father knows our needs. Those seeking marriage should pursue holiness and self-control, according to 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, and honor Christ’s teaching on the lifelong seriousness of marriage in Matthew 19:3-9.

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  • Philippians 4:6

    In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

  • Matthew 7:7

    "Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

  • Genesis 2:18

    Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."

  • Proverbs 18:22

    Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, And obtains favor of Yahweh.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

    [3] For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality, [4] that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor, [5] not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don't know God;

  • Mark 11:24

    Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.

  • Genesis 2:24

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

  • Matthew 6:32

    For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

  • Song of Solomon 2:2

    As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. Beloved

  • Matthew 19:3-9

    [3] Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?" [4] He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, [5] and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?' [6] So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart." [7] They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?" [8] He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. [9] I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."

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