As a single woman, it’s natural to dream about your future husband. You may wonder what he’ll be like, how you’ll meet, and when he’ll come into your life. While waiting for God’s perfect timing, one of the best things you can do is pray for your future spouse. The Bible is filled with verses that can guide your prayers and help you trust in God’s plan for your love life. This post will explore 30 inspiring Bible verses to pray over your future husband.
1 Ephesians 3:17-19 – “That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
Pray that your future husband’s faith will be rooted and grounded in love, and that he will understand the depth of Christ’s love.
2. Colossians 2:6-7 – “As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.”
Ask God to help your future spouse walk faithfully with Christ, growing in faith and overflowing with thankfulness.
3. 2 Thessalonians 1:3 – “We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other.”
Pray that your future husband’s faith will continue to grow abundantly.
4. Romans 10:17 – “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Pray that your future spouse will hear and respond to the word of God, building his faith.
5. 1 Timothy 4:12 – “Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”
Ask God to make your future husband an example in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.
Prayers for His Character
6. Galatians 5:22 -23 – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.”
Pray that your future husband will display the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
7. Ephesians 4:2 – “With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love.”
Ask God to help your future spouse be humble, gentle, and patient, bearing with others in love.
8. Philippians 4:8 – “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.”
Pray that your future husband will focus on whatever is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and praiseworthy.
9. Colossians 3:12 – “Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering.”
Ask God to clothe your future spouse with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.
10. Proverbs 3:5-6 – “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”
Pray that your future husband will trust in the Lord with all his heart and seek God’s will in all his ways.
Prayers for Your Relationship
11. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 – “Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
Ask God to help your future husband embody the qualities of love described in this passage.
12. Ephesians 5:25-28 – “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.”
Pray that your future spouse will love you as Christ loves the church, sacrificially and unconditionally.
13. Genesis 2:24 – “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”
Ask God to help you and your future husband become one flesh, leaving your parents and cleaving to each other.
14. Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 – “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”
Pray that you and your future spouse will be better together, supporting, comforting, and protecting one another.
15. Proverbs 18:22 – “He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord.”
Thank God that finding a wife (or husband) is good and brings favor from the Lord.
Prayers for His Leadership
16. Ephesians 5:23 – “For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.”
Ask God to help your future husband be the head of your household, just as Christ is the head of the church.
17. 1 Timothy 3:4-5 – “One who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?).”
Pray that your future spouse will manage his own household well, with dignity and authority.
18, Joshua 24:15 – “And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
Ask God to give your future husband the courage to lead your family in serving the Lord.
19. Psalm 1:1-3 – “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.”
Pray that your future spouse will delight in God’s law, meditate on it day and night, and be fruitful in all he does.
20. Proverbs 31:23 – “Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.”
Ask God to help your future husband be respected at the city gates, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
Prayers for His Protection
21. Psalm 91:1-2 – “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.'”
Pray that your future husband will dwell in the shelter of the Most High and abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
22. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 – “But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.”
Ask God to protect your future spouse from the evil one and establish him in faith.
23. Ephesians 6:10-18 – “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.”
Pray that your future husband will put on the whole armor of God to stand against the schemes of the devil.
24. Psalm 34:19 – “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.”
Trust that the Lord will deliver your future spouse from all his troubles, even when the righteous face many afflictions.
25. Isaiah 54:17 – “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me,” says the Lord.
Declare that no weapon formed against your future husband will prosper, and every tongue that rises against him in judgment will be condemned.
Prayers for His Purpose and Work
26. Jeremiah 29:11 – “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
Pray that your future spouse will trust in God’s plans to prosper him and give him hope and a future.
27. Colossians 3:23-24 – “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.”
Ask God to help your future husband work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that he serves Christ.
28. Proverbs 16:3 – “Commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.”
Pray that your future spouse will commit his work to the Lord and that his plans will be established.
29. Psalm 90:17 – “And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; Yes, establish the work of our hands.”
Ask God to establish the work of your future husband’s hands and let the favor of the Lord rest upon him.
30. Matthew 6:33 – “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
Pray that your future spouse will seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, trusting that all else will be provided.
As you pray these Bible verses over your future husband, remember that God’s timing is perfect. He knows the desires of your heart and has a beautiful plan for your life. Trust in His guidance and allow these scriptures to strengthen your faith as you wait for your future spouse.
Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father, I come before You today wit h a heart full of hope and trust in Your divine plan for my life. As I pray for my future husband, I ask that You guide him and protect him, wherever he may be. Help him grow in faith, wisdom, and love for You. Prepare his heart for our relationship and give him the strength to lead our future family with grace and compassion. I surrender my desires to You, Lord, knowing that Your timing is perfect. Thank You for the blessing of marriage and for the love story You are writing for me. I pray all these things in Jesus’ name. Amen
