Make Your Wedding Ceremony More Meaningful: Selecting Scriptures for Your Marriage

Marriage is a sacred union. Whether your wedding is in a chapel, garden, or on the beach, it is a good idea to include Scripture. The Bible is the divinely inspired Word of God. Using God's Word will bring your marriage ceremony from the level of a legal formality to a religious ceremony. There are many Scriptures from which to choose. You may select Scriptures that define love, elaborate on the meaning of marriage, or any verses that have particular meaning for you. Below are some Scriptures to consider discussing with your minister.

In addition to considering these Scripture for use in your ceremony. It is a good idea for the couple to review these verses together, as reminders of God's standards, expectations, and promises concerning marriage. You will find them enlightening and encouraging.

Keep in mind that the verses are quoted below from the King James Version of the Bible. It is up to the couple and the minister which version of the Holy Bible will be used during the ceremony. The King James has been used below because of its poetic value and tradition. You may find another version states the verses more clearly and suitably for your ceremony.

Unity and the Purpose of Marriage.
And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him...And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife. - Genesis 2:18-24

Genesis 2:24 emphasizes the importance of the new union that is created in marriage. This verse is often isolated, and used alone in the marriage ceremony.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife. -Genesis 2:24

It is also re-iterated in the New Testament.