Celebrating a wedding anniversary is a cherished milestone for couples, marking another year of love, partnership, and commitment. It’s a time to reflect on the journey traveled together, the memories shared, and the challenges overcome. As couples commemorate this special occasion, they often seek meaningful ways to honor their relationship and express their devotion to one another. One beautiful way to do so is by turning to the timeless wisdom and inspiration found in the Bible.
In this commemoration of love, couples often turn to Wedding Anniversary Bible Verses, seeking words of encouragement, hope, and love that resonate deeply with the significance of their commitment. These verses offer a divine connection to the essence of marriage, guiding couples through the celebration of their union.
Wedding Anniversary Bible Verses
As we explore these verses, we embark on a journey through the pages of Scripture, discovering profound wisdom that enriches and deepens the bond between husband and wife. Whether marking the first anniversary or the golden milestone, these verses stand as a testament to the sacred covenant shared and the blessings of love abundant.
Love and Commitment
1. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
2. Song of Solomon 8:7
“Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.”
3. Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”
4. Colossians 3:14
“And over all these virtues, put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
5. 1 John 4:19
“We love because he first loved us.”
6. Proverbs 10:12
“Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs.”
7. Mark 10:9
“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
8. Romans 12:10
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
9. 1 Peter 4:8
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
10. 1 Corinthians 16:14
“Do everything in love.”
Unity and Partnership
11. Genesis 2:24
“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
12. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
“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. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.”
13. Matthew 19:6
“So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
14. Mark 10:8
“and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.”
15. Romans 12:4-5
“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.”
16. 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
“Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.”
17. Ephesians 4:3
“Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
18. Colossians 3:14-15
“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”
19. 1 Peter 3:8
“Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.”
20. Philippians 2:2
“then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.”
Faithfulness and Loyalty
21. Proverbs 31:10
“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”
22. Proverbs 5:18-19
“May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.”
23. Malachi 2:14
“You ask, ‘Why?’ It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.”
24. Hebrews 13:4
“Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.”
25. 1 Corinthians 7:2
“But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.”
26. Proverbs 6:32
“But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.”
27. 1 Corinthians 6:18
“Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.”
28. Proverbs 5:15-17
“Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well. Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares? Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.”
29. Proverbs 20:6-7
“Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find? The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.”
30. Ephesians 5:31-33
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
Blessings and Joy
31. Genesis 2:18
“The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'”
32. Psalm 128:1-4
“Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Yes, this will be the blessing for the man who fears the Lord.”
33. Proverbs 18:22
“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.”
34. Ecclesiastes 4:9
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.”
35. Proverbs 12:4
“A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.”
36. Proverbs 31:10-12
“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.”
37. Ephesians 5:25-33
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
38. Genesis 1:27-28
“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.'”
39. Genesis 2:21-24
“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 then closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 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.’ That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”
40. 1 Peter 3:7
“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.”
Commitment and Promise
41. Mark 10:6-9
“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘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. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
42. 1 Corinthians 7:3-5
“The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”
43. Ephesians 5:22-33
“Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 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. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
44. Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”
45. Proverbs 18:22
“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.”
46. Proverbs 19:14
“Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.”
47. Proverbs 31:10-11
“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.”
48. Proverbs 31:28-29
“Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.'”
49. Malachi 2:16
“The man who hates and divorces his wife,’ says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘does violence to the one he should protect,’ says the Lord Almighty. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.”
50. Malachi 2:14-15
“You ask, ‘Why?’ It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.”
Blessings and Joy
51. Psalm 128:1-4
“Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Yes, this will be the blessing for the man who fears the Lord.”
52. Psalm 127:3-5
“Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.”
53. Proverbs 18:22
“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.”
54. Proverbs 19:14
“Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.”
55. Proverbs 31:10
“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”
56. Proverbs 31:28-29
“Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ‘Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.'”
57. Ecclesiastes 9:9
“Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.”
58. Ephesians 5:25-33
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
59. 1 Peter 3:7
“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.”
60. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
Gratitude and Thanksgiving
61. 1 Thessalonians 5:18
“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
62. Philippians 4:6
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
63. Colossians 3:15
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.”
64. Psalm 100:4
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.”
65. Ephesians 5:20
“always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
66. Psalm 107:1
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
67. 1 Chronicles 16:34
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
68. Psalm 136:1
“Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.”
69. Colossians 4:2
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.”
70. Philippians 1:3
“I thank my God every time I remember you.”
Conclusion
Concluding our reflection on Wedding Anniversary Bible Verses, we are reminded of the enduring truths encapsulated within the pages of Scripture. These verses serve as an ever-present wellspring of inspiration, guidance, and encouragement for couples navigating the joys and trials of married life. From celebrating love and unity to emphasizing faithfulness and commitment, the Bible offers a treasure trove of verses that resonate with the heart of marriage.
May couples find solace, strength, and joy in the words of Scripture as they commemorate their wedding anniversaries. Let these verses serve as a continual reminder of the sacred covenant shared, the overflowing blessings of love, and the divine presence infusing their relationship. May couples continue their journey together, hand in hand, drawing nearer to each other and to the divine source of all love and grace.
May your wedding anniversary serve as a radiant celebration of the love that has flourished and matured over the years, a testament to the enduring power of commitment, devotion, and faith.
