These verses speak about love that lasts, about two people choosing each other and about the commitment of marriage. Some are classic readings at ceremonies; others suit a card, a toast or an anniversary note.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:4–7
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Genesis 2:24
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Matthew 19:6
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
Ecclesiastes 4:9–10
And though one may be overpowered, two can resist. Moreover, a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes 4:12
But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
Ruth 1:16
Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
Song of Solomon 8:7
My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 2:16
And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.
Colossians 3:14
Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:7
Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
Genesis 2:18
Never let loving devotion or faithfulness leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 3:3–4
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
John 15:12
Do everything in love.
1 Corinthians 16:14
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
Psalm 127:1