These 5 Bible Verses Will Lead You to The One

If you’re called to marriage by God, these 5 passages of Scripture can be used by him to lead you to the person he wants you to marry.

1. Psalm 119:1-3, “Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!”

If you want the Lord to use the Scriptures to lead you to the right person to marry, you must first believe that the Scriptures possess the path to life. Ultimately, the Bible gives us life by pointing us to our need for God’s grace given through Jesus. However, it also gives us the principles that lead to God’s best. Without this belief about the Bible’s authority and power, you won’t rely on it wholeheartedly in your choice of a spouse.

When you’re longing for marriage, it’s easy to wish God would send you a clear sign, a dream, or some kind of supernatural confirmation about who “the one” is. But in Scripture, God does something even better—he shapes us into the type of men and women who can recognize the right person by living according to his word. The Bible does not give us the name of our future spouse, but it does give us principles, pathways, and promises that lead us toward a godly relationship.

If you walk faithfully with God, align your desires with his purposes, and obey the Scriptures, you won’t accidentally miss the right relationship. As Psalm 119:1-3 states, you will be blessed when you live biblically.

2. Song of Solomon 2:7, “Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.”

The easiest way to delay the marriage God wants to give you is by rushing into relationships God does not want to give you. The more often we take wrong turns in life, the longer it will take to get back on the right path God wants us on.

This makes sense, but it’s also a lot easier said than done. When you’re single and trying to find the right person, it can be confusing, especially in the early phases of getting to know someone. While it’s not easy to do, the key is to take things slow and embrace patience.

Patience protects you from rushing into pain. It gives you time to see red flags, to let your infatuation dissipate, and to gather more facts that can be used by God to give you a no or a yes.

3. 1 Corinthians 7:39, “A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.”

This verse gives you two very important principles that can be used by God to lead you to the person he wants you to marry. First, if you are a Christian, the person God has for you will also be a Christian. And the way you will know if someone truly is a Christian is by seeing if they have a genuine relationship with Jesus and are bearing the fruits of the Spirit.

The other principle here that can lead you to the one is that marriage is meant to be a lifelong commitment. There are some biblical reasons for the divorce, but as Paul highlights when stating a husband and wife are bound until death do them part, marriage is meant to be for your whole lifetime. Thus, this means you must choose very wisely.

Only marry the person who is ready to make a lifelong commitment to you through thick and thin, and make sure you are prepared to do the same.

4. Matthew 6:33, “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

When the desire for a spouse becomes bigger than the desire for God, your heart gets out of alignment. You begin to tolerate poor treatment, compromise on biblical standards, or drift away from your calling.

However, when you seek God first, you do not diminish your desire for marriage—you place it in the proper order. And ironically, that is the very posture that allows God to bless your search.

Seeking the kingdom first affects how you date, who you date, what boundaries you set, how patient you are, and what qualities you value in a partner. It saves you from making emotionally driven decisions and leads you into spiritually guided decisions.

When God is first, relationships become clear. The wrong people fall away because they cannot survive in an atmosphere where the spiritual priorities are biblically ordered. The right person will be drawn toward you because they will share the same foundation. Kingdom-first living creates compatibility that can’t be manufactured.

5. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8, “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.”

Ultimately, God will lead you to the right person through love. Thus, we must first know what true love really is. Love is not infatuation, blind faith, sexual attraction, or being a hopeless romantic. Real love is about joyfully sacrificing yourself for another.

When you meet the person you are willing to die for and who is willing to die for you, you have met the person God wants you to marry.