What Does the Bible Say About Dating Nonbelievers?

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

Amos 3:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?

Hebrews 2:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

Ezekiel 18:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge’? As I live, declares the Lord God, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die. “If a man is righteous and does what is just and right— ...

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Ephesians 1:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 4:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.

Acts 17:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Mark 13:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

Jeremiah 32:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

Jeremiah 19:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind—

Isaiah 59:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Isaiah 51:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?

Isaiah 46:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’

Isaiah 40:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Psalm 139:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Psalm 8:1-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. ...

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

Revelation 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

1 Peter 2:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Titus 1:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began

John 20:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

John 4:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”

Genesis 12:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.

30 Bible Verses about Dating Nonbelievers

2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Amos 3:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Hebrews 2:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ezekiel 18:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 4:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 13:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 32:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 19:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 59:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 51:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 46:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 40:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 139:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 8:1-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Titus 1:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 20:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 4:20 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 12:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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30 Bible Verses about Dating Nonbelievers

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2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Amos 3:3 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Hebrews 2:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ezekiel 18:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 1:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 4:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 13:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 32:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 19:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 59:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 55:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 51:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 46:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 40:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 139:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 8:1-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 1:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Titus 1:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 20:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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