Wedding Bible Verses

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This is the number one page on my wedding site and I am so excited about it! Why? Because the Bible is important. I am so glad that brides-to-be are taking the time to select some verses from the Word of God to be a part of their wedding ceremonies.

Please tell your friends who are planning weddings about this page so they will find it easy to incorporate God's Word into their ceremonies, too!

Using wedding Bible verses is one of the best ways to create a Christian wedding. These are normally read at most weddings. You can add special meaning to your ceremony by choosing your favorites.

Wedding Bible verses can be read by the pastor, or one or more of your friends or family members. The readings can be inserted almost anywhere in the ceremony such as during the Unity Candle portion or the Unity Sand portion of the ceremony.

Wedding Bible verses can be read out of many translations with the two most popular being the NIV or New International Version for its modern language and the King James Version (KJV), loved by many for the sheer poetic sound. Take some time and sit down with your fiance several months prior to the wedding and go through familiar passages. Choose your wedding Bible verses together so they will have meaning for you as a couple at your marriage ceremony.

There are many beautiful passages that can be incorporated into your ceremony.

Among the favorite of all wedding Bible verses is I Corinthians 13, commonly known as the love chapter. Sometimes chapter 13 is read in full during the ceremony. Other couples choose only verses 4-8, while some also tack verse 13 on to the end of these five verses.

These popular wedding Bible verses are included in NIV and KJV for your convenience below.

I Corinthians 13:1-13 (NIV)

2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (NIV)

I Corinthians 13:1-13 (KJV)

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Another popular choice of wedding Bible verses is Genesis 2:20-24. This is where God made Eve for Adam so he would have companionship in The Garden Of Eden.

Genesis 2:20-24 (NIV)

21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.

22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man."

24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. (NIV)

Genesis 2:20-24 (KJV)

21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

In Ephesians 5:22-33, Paul compares Christ's love for the church with the love a groom should have for his bride. This section is another good choice of wedding Bible verses.

Ephesians 5:22-33 (NIV)

23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.

24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.

28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

29 After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church—

30 for we are members of his body.

31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."

32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.

33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. (NIV)

Ephesians 5:22-33 (KJV)

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Paul talks directly to the bride and groom in these wedding Bible verses found in Colossians 3:18-19.

Colossians 3:18-19 (NIV)

19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. (NIV)

Colossians 3:18-19 (KJV)

19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Also, in Colossians, Paul wraps up how a husband and wife (and the whole body of believers in Christ) should treat each other. This is a beautiful passage of wedding Bible verses about love and forgiveness so important in the marriage relationship. It is Colossians 3:12-17.

Colossians 3:12-17 (NIV)

13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

14 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (NIV)

Colossians 3:12-17 (KJV)

13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Solomon sums up the beauty of marriage in the wedding Bible verses found in Ecclesiastes 4:9-12.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NIV)

9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work:

10 If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!

11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?

12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. (NIV)

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (KJV)

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Jesus talks about marriage and Adam and Eve and their relationship in Matthew 19:4-6. Here, Jesus quotes wedding Bible verses as above from Genesis 2.

Matthew 19:4-6 (NIV)

5 and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

6 So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate." (NIV)

Matthew 19:4-6 (KJV)

5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Did you know that there is love poetry in the Bible?

Yes, God created love so naturally you find love poetry in wedding Bible verses!

Aside from wedding Bible verses, there are many beautiful poems and other writings to choose from as well, some Christian and others secular. There are many love songs that can be sung or read in your wedding service. Remember that you want to glorify Christ on your special day as the center of your union so Scripture is important and should be included.

Other readings are fine to use in addition to your favorite wedding Bible verses. The Scripture passages on this page and on the pages following the links above are the most popular wedding passages.

Reading wedding Bible verses at your wedding is a great way to incorporate members of your family who are not in the wedding party.

For instance, instead of just the minister reading from the Bible, have a step parent, step sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, or grandparent read a passage of wedding Bible verses. They will feel that they have a very special part in your wedding and they do. What is more important than God's Word as you become husband and wife? Make sure that you list all those who will be reading wedding Bible verses in your wedding program if you choose to have one.

Consider printing out the wedding Bible verses in your program so your guests will have the verses in their hands. For some, this may be the only way the Word of God gets in their hands. They may take the program home and read the wedding Bible verses again and decide they would like to read the Bible. You never know how God will choose to work in their lives.

Index of Bible Verse Pages

Choose A Favorite Bible Verse For Your Wedding

King James Version (KJV) Wedding Verses

Love Poetry In The Bible

NIV or New International Version Bible Verses

Non-Traditional Wedding Ceremony Readings

Scripture Passages For Weddings

Old & New Testament Scriptures For Weddings

Please visit An Unseen World for more information on the Bible and how it applies to your life.

Christian Websource is a great site helping people walk closer to the Lord. Walking closely with the Lord will strengthen your marriage.

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