Here are 91 Bible verses about helpmeet, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.
Genesis 2:18 KJV
18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
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Proverbs 31:10-31 KJV
10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants’ ships; …
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Genesis 2:24 KJV
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Genesis 1:28 KJV
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
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1 Peter 3:7 KJV
7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
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1 Timothy 3:2 KJV
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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Genesis 2:20 KJV
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
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Ephesians 5:22-24 KJV
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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1 Corinthians 11:9 KJV
9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
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Proverbs 31:11 KJV
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
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1 Peter 3:6 KJV
6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
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Titus 2:4 KJV
4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
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Titus 1:5 KJV
5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
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1 Timothy 2:15 KJV
15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
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1 Timothy 2:11 KJV
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
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Colossians 3:19 KJV
19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
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Colossians 2:19 KJV
19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
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Galatians 3:28 KJV
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
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1 Corinthians 11:3 KJV
3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
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Proverbs 31:23 KJV
23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
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1 Peter 3:5 KJV
5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
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1 Peter 3:1 KJV
1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
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Hebrews 11:6 KJV
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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Titus 2:5 KJV
5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
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Titus 2:3 KJV
3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
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Titus 1:6 KJV
6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
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1 Timothy 5:10 KJV
10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
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1 Timothy 2:13 KJV
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
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1 Timothy 2:11-15 KJV
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if …
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Ephesians 5:25 KJV
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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Ephesians 5:23 KJV
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
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1 Corinthians 14:35 KJV
35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
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1 Corinthians 14:34-35 KJV
34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. 35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
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1 Corinthians 14:34 KJV
34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.
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1 Corinthians 11:8 KJV
8 For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.
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1 Corinthians 11:7 KJV
7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
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Romans 16:1 KJV
1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
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Romans 13:2 KJV
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
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Proverbs 31:1-31 KJV
1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest …
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Proverbs 12:4 KJV
4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
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Genesis 3:16 KJV
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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Genesis 1:27 KJV
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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Genesis 1:26 KJV
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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Genesis 1:1-31 KJV
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. …
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Revelation 20:1-15 KJV
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: …
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2 Peter 1:21 KJV
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
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Hebrews 1:3 KJV
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
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Titus 2:3-5 KJV
3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
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1 Timothy 5:14 KJV
14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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1 Timothy 3:12 KJV
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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1 Timothy 2:12 KJV
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
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1 Timothy 2:12-14 KJV
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
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1 Timothy 2:11-12 KJV
11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
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Colossians 2:10 KJV
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
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Philippians 2:4 KJV
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
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Ephesians 5:21 KJV
21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
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Ephesians 1:22 KJV
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
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1 Corinthians 14:33 KJV
33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
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1 Corinthians 12:1-31 KJV
1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 4 Now there are diversities …
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1 Corinthians 11:12 KJV
12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
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1 Corinthians 11:1-34 KJV
1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. 2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head …
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Romans 8:28 KJV
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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Genesis 2:1-25 KJV
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 4 These are the generations …
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Philemon 1:2 KJV
2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
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1 Timothy 5:9 KJV
9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.
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1 Timothy 2:14 KJV
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
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1 Timothy 2:13-14 KJV
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
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1 Timothy 2:1-15 KJV
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto …
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Colossians 1:15 KJV
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
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Philippians 2:6-8 KJV
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
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Philippians 2:3 KJV
3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
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Ephesians 5:24 KJV
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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Ephesians 4:15 KJV
15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
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1 Corinthians 11:11 KJV
11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 11:10 KJV
10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
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1 Corinthians 11:6 KJV
6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
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1 Corinthians 11:5 KJV
5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
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Romans 5:12 KJV
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
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Acts 10:44-48 KJV
44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid …
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John 1:14 KJV
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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John 1:1 KJV
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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Matthew 19:8 KJV
8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
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Daniel 3:1-30 KJV
1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which …
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Proverbs 16:18 KJV
18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
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Proverbs 14:12 KJV
12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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Genesis 3:7 KJV
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
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Genesis 3:6 KJV
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
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Genesis 3:1-24 KJV
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye …
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Genesis 2:17 KJV
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
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Genesis 2:15 KJV
15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
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