The wedding day is a very special day! It is the day in which two lives full of love and illusion come together forever. They do so by declaring their love and fidelity before God and all those who accompany them.
Here is a list of Bible verses appropriate to share and bless the couple on that important day.
1. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
Two are better than one, because they get more fruit for their effort. If one falls down, help him up. Woe to the one who falls and has no one to pick him up!
(Ecclesiastes 4:9-10)
2. Matthew 19:4-6
Have you not read, replied Jesus, that in the beginning the Creator “made them male and female,” and said, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall come to be one body” So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore, what God has united, let not man separate.
(Matthew 19:4-6)
3. Proverbs 18:22
Whoever finds a wife finds happiness: tokens of his favor the Lord has given him.
(Proverbs 18:22)
4. 1 Peter 3:7
In the same way, you husbands, be understanding in your conjugal life, each one treating your wife with respect, since as a woman she is more delicate, and both are heirs to the pleasant gift of life. Thus nothing will hinder your prayers.
(1 Peter 3:7)
5. Ephesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
(Ephesians 5:25)
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6. Hebrews 13:4
Everyone esteem marriage and marital fidelity, for God will judge adulterers and all who commit sexual immorality.
(Hebrews 13:4)
7. 1 Corinthians 13:8a
Love never fades…
(1 Corinthians 13:8a)
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8. Ruth 1:16
Do not insist that I leave you or that I separate from you! Because I will go where you go, and I will live where you live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
(Ruth 1:16)
9. Ephesians 5:21-22
Submit to one another, out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.
(Ephesians 5:21-22)
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10. 1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers a multitude of sins.
(1 Peter 4:8)
11. 1 Corinthians 13:13
Now, then, these three virtues remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
(1 Corinthians 13:13)
12. Song of Solomon 8:6a
Engrave me like a seal on your heart; take me as a mark on your arm. Strong is love, like death…
(Song 8:6a)
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13. Song of Solomon 8:6b-7a
As a divine flame it is the burning fire of love. Neither the many waters can quench it, nor the rivers can extinguish it.
(Song 8:6b-7a)
14. Colossians 3:18-19
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and don’t be hard on them.
(Colossians 3:18-19)
15. Amos 3:3
Can two walk together without first agreeing?
(Amos 3:3)
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16. Ecclesiastes 9:9a
Enjoy life with the woman you love every day of the meaningless life that God has given you in this world.
(Ecclesiastes 9:9a)
17. Ecclesiastes 4:12
Only one can be beat, but two can resist. The three-strand rope is not easily broken!
(Ecclesiastes 4:12)
18. 1 John 4:17b-18
In love there is no fear, but perfect love casts out fear. He who fears awaits punishment, so he has not been perfected in love.
(1 John 4:17b-18)