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12 Bible verses for Weddings KJV
These are the passages couples actually read at a ceremony, and a few that fit better than the usual ones. They cover what Genesis says about leaving and cleaving, what Paul asks of a husband, and the love in 1 Corinthians 13 that was written to settle a church fight.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-8 · KJV
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Genesis 2:24 · KJV
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 · KJV
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Ephesians 5:31-33 · KJV
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Song of Solomon 8:6-7 · KJV
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Colossians 3:14 · KJV
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Ruth 1:16-17 · KJV
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Mark 10:9 · KJV
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
1 John 4:18-19 · KJV
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. We love him, because he first loved us.
Proverbs 18:22 · KJV
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
Genesis 2:18 · KJV
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
1 Peter 4:8 · KJV
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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