Celebrating a wedding anniversary is a beautiful opportunity to reflect on the love and commitment shared between couples. The Bible offers a wealth of wisdom and guidance on relationships, marriage, and the significance of enduring love. These verses can inspire you to appreciate the journey you’ve shared and to reaffirm your vows to one another.
As you mark another year together, let these scriptures serve as reminders of God’s design for marriage and His blessing on your union. Each verse encapsulates principles of love, faithfulness, and joy, providing a spiritual foundation to strengthen your bond as you celebrate your special day.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.
Love is patient, love is kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude.
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
We love because he first loved us.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil.
What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Let all that you do be done in love.
So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death.
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you.
My beloved is mine, and I am his.
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled.
Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
And he said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you.
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights.
But Jesus said, Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.
Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Famous and Strong Quotes about wedding anniversaries
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
Marriage is like a castle besieged; those who are outside want to get in, and those who are inside want to get out.
To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
Celebrating the Gift of Love Through Wedding Anniversaries
Dear Heavenly Father,
As we gather to celebrate the beauty of wedding anniversaries, we are reminded of Your incredible love and the sacred bond of marriage. Thank You for bringing two hearts together and for the journey they have shared. We ask for Your blessings upon all couples celebrating their anniversaries, that they may continue to grow in love, joy, and understanding.
May each year be a testament to Your faithfulness in their lives, and may they find strength in one another through both the trials and triumphs. Grant them wisdom in their conversations, patience in their challenges, and a deepening love that mirrors Christ’s love for the church.
Help them to cherish the memories they have created together while looking forward to the future filled with hope and new beginnings. May their love inspire those around them and serve as a shining example of Your grace and mercy.
In Jesus’ name, we pray,
Amen.