16 Bible Verses for Engaged Couples to Read Together, and When to Use Each One



  • Short verses suit an engaged couple reading aloud, chosen for the occasion: the evening of the engagement, the planning, a quiet stretch and the night before the wedding.
  • Song of Solomon 8:6 asks to be set as a seal on the heart and arm, the mark that showed ownership and made a promise binding.
  • Nehemiah 8:10 attaches an instruction to the celebration: send some of it to whoever has nothing prepared.
  • 1 Corinthians 13:7 says love “believes all things,” a readiness to trust the other person’s account.
  • Genesis 2:24 puts leaving father and mother before holding fast to a spouse.

Engaged couples reading Scripture together do best with short passages chosen for the moment. A verse of thanks suits the evening of the engagement, a verse about listening suits a disagreement over plans, and Genesis 2:24 suits the night before the wedding. What betrothal meant in the Bible, and why it was binding, is covered in the Bible verses about engagement. The sixteen verses below are sorted by occasion, with a note on when to read each one. The evening…

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