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But Ruth replied: Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
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Bible verses for weddings and marriage: for the ceremony, the invitation, a card or an anniversary. The list includes passages often read at weddings, such as 1 Corinthians 13:4–7, Ruth 1:16 and Ecclesiastes 4:12, as well as less familiar ones.

Choosing a wedding verse

Couples often choose a verse together, sometimes with the minister who leads the ceremony. It may be read during the service, printed in the program or on the invitation, or engraved on a gift. Some of the best-known wedding verses were not first written about marriage: Ruth 1:16 is spoken by Ruth to her mother-in-law, and 1 Corinthians 13 is addressed to a whole church. Many couples choose them anyway, and reading the context helps you decide. For a card, a short verse usually reads best.

All 32 verses

  1. Ruth 1:16

    But Ruth replied: Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.

  2. 1 Corinthians 13:4–7

    Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

  3. 1 Corinthians 13:13

    And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

  4. 1 John 4:16

    And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

  5. Colossians 3:14

    And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

  6. Ecclesiastes 4:10

    For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!

  7. Ecclesiastes 4:12

    And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

  8. Matthew 19:6

    So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.

  9. Romans 15:7

    Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring glory to God.

  10. Romans 12:10

    Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

  11. Romans 12:12

    Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

  12. Ephesians 4:1–3

    As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received: with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

  13. Ephesians 4:32

    Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

  14. 1 Peter 4:8

    Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

  15. 1 Corinthians 16:14

    Do everything in love.

  16. Galatians 6:2

    Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

  17. Psalm 127:1

    Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

  18. Psalm 37:5

    Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.

  19. John 15:12

    This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

  20. John 15:9

    As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.

  21. John 13:34

    A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

  22. Song of Solomon 8:7

    Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.

  23. Colossians 3:12–13

    Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

  24. Philippians 1:9

    And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, …

  25. Numbers 6:24–26

    ‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’

  26. Psalm 23:6

    Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

  27. 1 John 4:7

    Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

  28. 1 John 4:12

    No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

  29. 1 Corinthians 13:8

    Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

  30. Psalm 118:24

    This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

  31. Proverbs 3:3

    Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

  32. 1 John 4:19

    We love because He first loved us.

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