19 Bible Verses for a Strong Marriage

While planning my vow renewal I often turned to Bible verses about marriage and love to express the happiness, appreciation, and joy for my husband and my devotion to my faith. These scriptures on love from the Word serve as divine and romantic reminder of my love and offers me a way to honor my religious beliefs while celebrating my marriage with family and friends.

The Bible’s eloquent love scriptures beautifully sum up what it means to be in love and to commit myself to my husband for the rest of your life. It speaks of perfect love that everyone should have toward the Lord, their friends, family and all of mankind. These Words about love serve as excellent guides to help me navigate the ups and downs of love, as well as convey my heartfelt thoughts to my husband.

Below you will find 19 scriptures I love for marriages and wedding planning.

“Love is patient. Love is kind. Love isn’t jealous. It doesn’t sing its own praises. It isn’t arrogant. 5 It isn’t rude. It doesn’t think about itself. It isn’t irritable. It doesn’t keep track of wrongs.”    – 1 Corinthians 13:4-5

“Above all, be loving. This ties everything together perfectly.” –  Colossians 3:14

“That is why a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and they will become one flesh.” – Genesis 2:24 

“Though one person may be overpowered by another, two people can resist one opponent. A triple-braided rope is not easily broken.” – Ecclesiastes 4:12 

“Therefore, don’t let anyone separate what God has joined together.”  – Mark 10:9

“I may have the gift to speak what God has revealed, and I may understand all mysteries and have all knowledge. I may even have enough faith to move mountains. But if I don’t have love, I am nothing.” – 1 Corinthians 13:2

“Do everything with love.” – 1 Corinthians 

“Do not let mercy and truth leave you.  Fasten them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.  Then you will find favor and much success. in the sight of God and humanity.”  – Proverbs 3:3-4  

“We have known and believed that God loves us. God is love. Those who live in God’s love live in God, and God lives in them.” – 1 John 4:16 

“Above all, love each other warmly, because love covers many sins.” – 1 Peter 4:8  

“Love each other as I have loved you. This is what I’m commanding you to do.” – John 15:12 

“So these three things remain faith, hope, and love. But the best one of these is love.” – 1 Corinthians 13:13

“No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.”  – 1 John 4:12

“But Ruth answered, “Don’t force me to leave you. Don’t make me turn back from following you. Wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. 17 Wherever you die, I will die, and I will be buried there with you. May the Lord strike me down if anything but death separates you and me!””   – Ruth 1:16-17 

“Be devoted to each other like a loving family. Excel in showing respect for each other.” – Romans 12:10

“Above all, love each other warmly, because love covers many sins.”   – 1 Peter 4:8 

“Be kind to each other, sympathetic, forgiving each other as God has forgiven you through Christ.”    – Ephesians 4:32 

“Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him. The Lord God had formed all the wild animals and all the birds out of the ground. Then he brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called each creature became its name. So the man named all the domestic animals, all the birds, and all the wild animals.  But the man found no helper who was right for him. So the Lord God caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. Then the Lord God formed a woman from the rib that he had taken from the man. He brought her to the man.  The man said, This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She will be named woman because she was taken from man.  That is why a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and they will become one flesh.  The man and his wife were both naked, but they weren’t ashamed of it.” – Genesis 2:18–25

Praying and declaring God’s Word over my marriage is one of the greatest gifts I can give my husband and our daughters. Here is one of the prayers I pray over my marriage.

Dear Father,

Your Word teaches us that there are two commandments that should shape every marriage. The first is to love You with all our heart and the second is to love each other as we love ourselves. 

These commandments are not always perfectly lived by us. Not only do we let ourselves down–we let down each other. We yearn to be the perfect couple we imagined we would be. However, we fall short.

Nevertheless, Your Son, Jesus Christ imparted righteousness on us. Your love is unshakable–Your grace marvelous. Thank You, Lord for holding our marriage in Your hand while forming and molding us after Your will.

With Your grace and strength, we’re growing, and learning to love. Thank You for that guiding us each and every day. Thank You for not allowing us to give up on ourselves, for You have not given up on us.

Show us how to continue to work by Your side. Relax our hearts and expand our minds so that we may love You with every part of our being, and lastly father give us the power and the wisdom to love each other as we do ourselves.

In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.

“So love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ 31 The second most important commandment is this: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”  – Mark 12:30-31

Do you pray for your marriage or relationships? Did you use any scriptures in your vows? Any thoughts? Please share in the comments below. I really would love to know.

Until next time, shine amongst the stars!

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