Bible Verses to Bless a Newly Married Couple

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. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.

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.

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

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.

Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

My beloved is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies.

Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.