The wedding verse is the Bible verse that a couple chooses for their wedding – a sentence that is meant to stand above their life together. Here you will find 27 wedding verses from the Bible: the most popular, short ones for cards and rings, and special verses that not everyone knows. You can also find a small selection for weddings and anniversaries in our Bible verses about love.
The most popular wedding verses
These verses are chosen most often for wedding ceremonies.
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Now then remain faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13God's loveHope
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Love is patient and kind; love does not envy; love does not boast; love is not proud; love is not rude; love is not self-seeking; love is not easily angered; love keeps no record of wrongs; love does not delight in injustice; love rejoices with the truth; love bears all things; love believes all things; love hopes all things; love endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7Relationships
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Ruth replied: Do not say to me that I should leave you and turn back from you. Where you go, I will go; where you stay, I will stay. Your people are my people, and your God is my God.
Ruth 1:16FaithfulnessFarewell
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God is love; and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:16bGod's loveGod
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But above all these put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
Colossians 3:14God's loveUnity
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It is indeed better two than one; for they enjoy the good of their work. If one of them falls, his companion helps him up. Woe to him who is alone! If he falls, there is no one to help him up. But even if two lie together, they keep warm; how can one keep warm? One may be overpowered, but two can resist; and a threefold cord is not easily broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
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Therefore help one another, just as Christ has accepted you to the praise of God.
Romans 15:7Relationships
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Let all your things be done in love!
1 Corinthians 16:14God's loveSchool enrollment
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Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the LORD keeps the city, the guard watches in vain.
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Set me as a seal upon your heart and as a seal upon your arm. For love is strong as death, and jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flame is fiery, and a flame of the LORD, that no many waters can quench.
Song of Solomon 8:6-7aGod's loveSexuality
Short wedding verses
For an invitation, candle, or rings.
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My beloved is mine, and I am his, and we pasture together under the roses.
Song of Solomon 2:16Sexuality
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My beloved is mine, and I am his, and we pasture together under the roses.
Song of Solomon 6:3
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Let us love him, for he first loved us.
1 John 4:19God's loveFirst Communion
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This is my commandment: that you love one another, as I have loved you.
John 15:12Confirmation verses
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Praise the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Psalm 34:4
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Love never fails; but prophecies will fail, and tongues will cease, and knowledge will fail.
1 Corinthians 13:8God's love
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You are altogether beautiful, my beloved, and there is no flaw in you.
Special wedding verses
Verses that are not on every card.
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And God the LORD said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Genesis 2:18RelationshipsLoneliness
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Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Genesis 2:24Sexuality
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He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the LORD.
Proverbs 18:22
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He who finds a virtuous woman is greatly favored; her worth is far above rubies.
Proverbs 31:10WomenPrecious things
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With all humility and gentleness, with patience, and bearing with one another in love, strive to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Ephesians 4:2-3Relationships
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But above all these put on love, and let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife submit to her husband.
Ephesians 5:33
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Finally, then, let all things be done in love; be kind, tenderhearted, forgiving, bearing with one another.
1 Peter 3:8UnityFriendliness
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And may the LORD bless us and keep us; may the LORD make his face shine on us and be gracious to us; may the LORD lift up his countenance upon us and give us peace.
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What God has joined together, let no man separate.
Mark 10:9
Bible texts: Luther Bible 1912 (public domain), carefully adapted to modern spelling.
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This goes well with it
For wedding guests: a folded card with space for the wedding verse and a few personal lines. You can find more gift ideas in the post Christian Wedding Gifts.
Just Married - Folded cardFolded card for a wedding – space for a wedding verse and blessing.€2
As for me and my house - PosterPoster for Joshua 24:15: But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.€12
The Greatest Love Story - Oversized ShirtOversized shirt for the greatest love story: God's love for humanity.€32.30
Fruit of the Spirit Poster - LovePoster about love as the first fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22).€12
What is a wedding verse?
At a church wedding, the couple chooses a Bible verse that is taken up in the sermon and often entered into the wedding Bible or certificate. It is meant to accompany the couple beyond the wedding day – on good days and on difficult ones. That is why it is worth paying attention not only to beautiful words, but to a commitment that carries weight. In Protestant churches, the wedding verse is an integral part of the ceremony; in Catholic churches, it is not required, but is common.
Finding the right wedding verse
Many couples start with 1 Corinthians 13 – the Song of Love. Because it is so well known, it is also worth looking at alternatives: Ruth 1:16 (“Where you go, I will go”) was originally a vow of loyalty between a daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law, but it fits wonderfully with marriage. Ecclesiastes 4:12 speaks of a “threefold cord” – many couples interpret the third strand as God. A helpful question is: Which verse describes what we hope for from God for our marriage? You can find more verses in Bible verses about God's love, Bible verses about God's faithfulness, and Bible verses about blessings.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most popular wedding verse?
1 Corinthians 13:13, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, Ruth 1:16, Colossians 3:14, and 1 John 4:16 are very frequently chosen.
Who chooses the wedding verse?
The couple usually chooses the wedding verse together and discusses it during the pre-wedding meeting with the pastor.
What does “threefold cord” mean?
Ecclesiastes 4:12 says: “A threefold cord is not easily broken.” Many couples understand this as an image of a marriage in which God is the third strand.
