Most people stand in the wedding card aisle for longer than they planned to. They pick one up, read the sentiment inside, put it back, pick up another, and somewhere in the middle of the searching realize that what they want to say to this couple goes beyond what any pre-printed verse was written to cover. Because what you want to write in the card of someone you love on the most significant day of their life is not just congratulations — it is blessing. The kind that travels with them past the wedding day and into the years that follow, the hard seasons and the beautiful ones, the ordinary Tuesdays and the milestone anniversaries. That kind of blessing has always been in Scripture — waiting to be written in someone’s handwriting in the front of a card that might be opened again decades from now.
That’s exactly what this collection of Bible verses for wedding cards is here to give you. You’ll find the best Scripture verses for every couple and every relationship — for the deeply romantic, for the covenant-minded, for the couple building something with God at the center, and for the person who wants their words in that card to mean something on the tenth anniversary as much as they mean today. Choose the verse that speaks most truthfully to what you want this marriage to carry. Write it in your own words around it. And send it knowing that sometimes the best gift you can give a couple starting out is the reminder that the God who invented love is already invested in the one they are building.
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Open With This — the Verses That Say Everything a Card Needs to Say
- “May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; may the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” — Numbers 6:24–26 (NIV)
- “What God has joined together, let no one separate.” — Matthew 19:6 (NIV)
- “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.” — Matthew 19:5–6 (NIV)
- “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.” — Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 (NIV)
- “Two are better than one.” — Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NIV)
- “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” — Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NIV)
- “A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” — Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NIV)
- “He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.” — Proverbs 18:22 (NIV)
- “He who finds a wife finds what is good.” — Proverbs 18:22 (NIV)
- “Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.” — Proverbs 19:14 (NIV)
- “A prudent wife is from the Lord.” — Proverbs 19:14 (NIV)
- “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.” — Song of Solomon 6:3 (NIV)
- “Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death.” — Song of Solomon 8:6 (NIV)
- “Love is as strong as death.” — Song of Solomon 8:6 (NIV)
- “Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away.” — Song of Solomon 8:7 (NIV)
- “The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'” — Genesis 2:18 (NIV)
1 Corinthians 13 — Every Verse Worth Writing in a Wedding Card
- “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” — 1 Corinthians 13:1 (NIV)
- “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 do not have love, I am nothing.” — 1 Corinthians 13:2 (NIV)
- “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)
- “Love is patient, love is kind.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)
- “It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” — 1 Corinthians 13:5 (NIV)
- “It keeps no record of wrongs.” — 1 Corinthians 13:5 (NIV)
- “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.” — 1 Corinthians 13:6 (NIV)
- “It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” — 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NIV)
- “Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.” — 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NLT)
- “Love never fails.” — 1 Corinthians 13:8 (NIV)
- “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)
- “The greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)
- “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; but then we shall see face to face.” — 1 Corinthians 13:12 (NRSV)
- “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 the ways of childhood behind me.” — 1 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV)
- “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.” — 1 Corinthians 13:8 (NIV)
- “And now I will show you the most excellent way.” — 1 Corinthians 12:31 (NIV)
Verses for the Card From Close Friends and Family
- “Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.” — Ruth 1:16 (NIV)
- “I have found the one whom my soul loves.” — Song of Solomon 3:4 (NIV)
- “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.” — Song of Solomon 6:3 (NIV)
- “My beloved spoke and said to me, ‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me.'” — Song of Solomon 2:10 (NIV)
- “How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume more than any spice!” — Song of Solomon 4:10 (NIV)
- “I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.” — Song of Solomon 7:10 (NIV)
- “You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes.” — Song of Solomon 4:9 (NIV)
- “He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.” — Song of Solomon 2:4 (NIV)
- “His banner over me is love.” — Song of Solomon 2:4 (NIV)
- “You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.” — Song of Solomon 4:7 (NIV)
- “There is no flaw in you.” — Song of Solomon 4:7 (NIV)
- “Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this fleeting life that God has given you under the sun.” — Ecclesiastes 9:9 (NIV)
- “Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love.” — Ecclesiastes 9:9 (NIV)
- “May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.” — Proverbs 5:18 (NIV)
- “Rejoice in the wife of your youth.” — Proverbs 5:18 (NIV)
- “She is worth far more than rubies.” — Proverbs 31:10 (NIV)
The Blessing Verses — Written Directly Over the Couple
- “May the Lord bless you and keep you.” — Numbers 6:24 (NIV)
- “The Lord bless you both.” — Ruth 2:4 (NIV)
- “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us.” — Psalm 67:1 (NIV)
- “May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” — Psalm 115:15 (NIV)
- “May the Lord cause you to flourish, both you and your children.” — Psalm 115:14 (NIV)
- “May the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for everyone.” — 1 Thessalonians 3:12 (ESV)
- “May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other.” — 1 Thessalonians 3:12 (NIV)
- “Overflow for each other.” — 1 Thessalonians 3:12 (NIV)
- “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.” — 2 Thessalonians 2:16–17 (NIV)
- “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” — Romans 15:13 (NIV)
- “Overflow with hope.” — Romans 15:13 (NIV)
- “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.” — Ephesians 3:20 (NIV)
- “Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” — Philippians 1:2 (NIV)
- “May you be rooted and established in love.” — Ephesians 3:17 (NIV)
- “I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.” — Ephesians 3:17–18 (NIV)
- “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.” — Philippians 4:23 (NIV)
For Building a Home — the Verses About What the House Is Built On
- “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.” — Psalm 127:1 (NIV)
- “By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.” — Proverbs 24:3–4 (ESV)
- “By wisdom a house is built.” — Proverbs 24:3 (ESV)
- “Through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.” — Proverbs 9:11 (NIV)
- “A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown.” — Proverbs 12:4 (NIV)
- “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband.” — Proverbs 12:4 (ESV)
- “The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.” — Proverbs 31:11–12 (ESV)
- “She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.” — Proverbs 31:12 (ESV)
- “Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.” — Proverbs 31:28 (NIV)
- “She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.” — Proverbs 31:25 (NIV)
- “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” — Matthew 7:24–25 (NIV)
- “It did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” — Matthew 7:25 (NIV)
- “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” — Ephesians 4:2 (NIV)
- “Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” — Colossians 3:13–14 (NIV)
- “Over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” — Colossians 3:14 (NIV)
- “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” — Philippians 4:6 (NIV)
The Love Verses — for the Short Card, the Quiet Card, the Perfect Card
- “We love because he first loved us.” — 1 John 4:19 (NIV)
- “God is love.” — 1 John 4:8 (NIV)
- “Love one another as I have loved you.” — John 15:12 (NIV)
- “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” — 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
- “Love covers over a multitude of sins.” — 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
- “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.” — 1 John 4:7 (NIV)
- “Do everything in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14 (NIV)
- “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” — 1 John 4:7 (ESV)
- “Let love be genuine.” — Romans 12:9 (ESV)
- “And walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” — Ephesians 5:2 (NIV)
- “Walk in the way of love.” — Ephesians 5:2 (NIV)
- “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)
- “Three things will last forever — faith, hope, and love — and the greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NLT)
- “A friend loves at all times.” — Proverbs 17:17 (NIV)
- “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” — John 15:12–13 (NIV)
- “Greater love has no one than this.” — John 15:13 (NIV)
For the Couple Who Loves Scripture — the Deeper Verses Worth Writing Out
- “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” — Ephesians 5:25 (NIV)
- “Husbands, love your wives.” — Ephesians 5:25 (NIV)
- “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.” — Ephesians 5:22 (NIV)
- “However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” — Ephesians 5:33 (NIV)
- “This is a profound mystery — but I am talking about Christ and the church.” — Ephesians 5:32 (NIV)
- “Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.” — 1 Corinthians 11:11 (NIV)
- “Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.” — 1 Peter 3:7 (NIV)
- “Heirs with you of the gracious gift of life.” — 1 Peter 3:7 (NIV)
- “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” — Galatians 2:20 (NIV)
- “And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” — Colossians 3:14 (NIV)
- “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” — Colossians 3:15 (NIV)
- “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.” — Colossians 3:15 (NIV)
- “For the Lord God of Israel says that he hates divorce, for it covers one’s garment with violence.” — Malachi 2:16 (NKJV)
- “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” — Philippians 4:4 (NIV)
- “I thank my God every time I remember you.” — Philippians 1:3 (NIV)
- “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” — Genesis 2:24 (NIV)
One-Line Card Verses — Short Enough for Any Card, True Enough for a Lifetime
- “Love never fails.” — 1 Corinthians 13:8 (NIV)
- “A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” — Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NIV)
- “He who finds a wife finds what is good.” — Proverbs 18:22 (NIV)
- “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.” — Song of Solomon 6:3 (NIV)
- “What God has joined together, let no one separate.” — Matthew 19:6 (NIV)
- “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” — Ephesians 4:2 (NIV)
- “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” — Psalm 118:24 (NIV)
- “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.” — Psalm 107:1 (NIV)
- “Many waters cannot quench love.” — Song of Solomon 8:7 (NIV)
- “Do everything in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14 (NIV)
- “Love one another as I have loved you.” — John 15:12 (NIV)
- “The greatest of these is love.” — 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV)
- “Walk in the way of love.” — Ephesians 5:2 (NIV)
- “His banner over me is love.” — Song of Solomon 2:4 (NIV)
- “Above all, love each other deeply.” — 1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)
- “Two are better than one.” — Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NIV)
The Closing Blessing — the Last Words in the Card That Stay With Them
- “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.” — Numbers 6:24–26 (NIV)
- “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him.” — Romans 15:13 (NIV)
- “May your love for each other grow and overflow.” — 1 Thessalonians 3:12 (NLT)
- “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.” — Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
- “Plans to give you hope and a future.” — Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
- “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 4:19 (NIV)
- “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 1:6 (NIV)
- “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” — Psalm 23:6 (ESV)
- “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow you all the days of your life.” — Psalm 23:6 (ESV)
- “The Lord watch between you and me, when we are out of one another’s sight.” — Genesis 31:49 (ESV)
- “The Lord watch between you and me.” — Genesis 31:49 (ESV)
- “Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy.” — Jude 1:24 (ESV)
- “May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you both.” — 2 Corinthians 13:14 (NIV)
- “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:28 (NIV)
- “He who testifies to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming soon.’ Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.” — Revelation 22:20 (NIV)
- “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.” — Revelation 22:21 (NIV)