Marriage is sacred to God and the Bible is filled with beautiful verses from God you can bless a marriage with on that special occasion.
Here are 20 beautiful Bible verses for wedding blessings, all quoted from the Good News Bible (GNB). These scriptures reflect love, unity, commitment, and God’s presence in marriage:
1. Genesis 2:24
“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one.”
2. Proverbs 18:22
“Find a wife and you find a good thing; it shows that the Lord is good to you.”
3. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
“Two are better off than one, because together they can work more effectively. If one of them falls down, the other can help him up.”
4. Ecclesiastes 4:12
“Two people can resist an attack that would defeat one person alone. A rope made of three cords is hard to break.”
5. Song of Songs 8:6
“Close your heart to every love but mine; hold no one in your arms but me. Love is as powerful as death.”
6. Malachi 2:15
“Didn’t God make you one body and spirit with her? What was his purpose in this? It was that you should have children who are truly God’s people.”
7. Matthew 19:6
“So they are no longer two, but one. No human being must separate, then, what God has joined together.”
8. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
“Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable.”
9. 1 Corinthians 13:13
“Meanwhile these three remain: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love.”
10. Ephesians 4:2-3
“Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your love by being tolerant with one another. Do your best to preserve the unity…”
11. Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave his life for it.”
12. Ephesians 5:28
“Men ought to love their wives just as they love their own bodies.”
13. Colossians 3:14
“And to all these qualities add love, which binds all things together in perfect unity.”
14. Colossians 3:19
“Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.”
15. Hebrews 13:4
“Marriage is to be honored by all, and husbands and wives must be faithful to each other.”
16. Romans 12:10
“Love one another warmly as Christian brothers and be eager to show respect for one another.”
17. Romans 15:5-6
“May God, the source of patience and encouragement, enable you to have the same point of view among yourselves… so that all of you together may praise…”
18. Psalm 128:1-2
“Happy are those who obey the Lord, who live by his commands. Your work will provide for your needs; you will be happy and prosperous.”
19. Psalm 127:1
“If the Lord does not build the house, the work of the builders is useless.”
20. Philippians 1:9
“I pray that your love will keep on growing more and more, together with true knowledge and perfect judgment.”
Always put God first in your marriage and all will be well. A close look at these pages shows that God wants your marriage to succeed. God wants you to love one another as a couple. But in a Godly way. Hence you must not allow your love for your partner to lead you astray from God or make you do things that do not glorify him. Honour respect and be loyal to one another in the manner that God had ordained it to be.
Do not mistreat your partner and always always take care of one another.
