Including scripture in your wedding isn’t just about tradition. It’s about inviting God into the foundation of your marriage.
Whether you choose to read a passage during the ceremony, include it in your vows, or have your pastor preach on it, these verses will remind you and your guests of the sacred commitment being made.
There's no right or wrong passage to select, but we encourage couples to take time to read through scripture and pray on the verses before making their choices. The verses you choose should hold significant value to you and also represent your wedding day and future marriage.
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1. SCRIPTURE TO INCLUDE IN YOUR WEDDING Vows
When making lifelong promises, couples can use these verses as inspiration for their vows:
Ruth 1:16-17 – "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God."
Ephesians 5:25 – "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."
Colossians 3:14 – "And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."
2. Bible Verses for a Wedding Ceremony Reading
Including a scripture reading in your ceremony is a beautiful way to reflect on God’s design for marriage.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 – "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up."
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 – "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud."
Genesis 2:24 – "That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh."
3. SCRIPTURE TO USE for a Prayer or Blessing
A wedding blessing is a beautiful moment where family, friends, and the officiant pray over the couple. These scriptures can serve as the foundation for that blessing:
Numbers 6:24-26 – "The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace."
Psalm 127:1 – "Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain."
Jeremiah 29:11 – "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
4. Bible Verses for a Christ-Centered Marriage
Beyond the wedding day, these verses serve as reminders for a strong, God-centered marriage:
Proverbs 18:22 – "He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord."
Mark 10:9 – "Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
1 Peter 4:8 – "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."