16 Bible Verses for a Wedding, and Where in the Day Each One Belongs



  • The readings are arranged by where they belong in the day: the service, the vows, the blessing, the speeches and afterward.
  • 1 Corinthians 13 was written to a divided church whose members were taking one another to court (1 Corinthians 6:1-7).
  • Numbers 6:24-26 is the blessing to pronounce at the end — said over the couple rather than about them.
  • Psalm 128:3 is a blessing about the long middle, and worth checking first whether children are a tender subject for this couple.
  • Jesus’ first sign in John’s Gospel happened at a wedding that ran out of wine (John 2:1-11).

Most wedding readings come from a small set of passages about love, marriage and blessing, and each suits a different part of the day. The sixteen below are arranged in the order the day runs: readings for the service, verses for the vows, blessings, lines for the speeches, and two for the couple afterward. Each has a note on where it fits and what it says in context. For the reading at the service 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 “Love is patient,…

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