There’s a reason why even the most hard-hearted of us cry at weddings. Sure, some people who love everything having to do with parties may be moved by the use of amazing rustic wedding ideas and others say they’re just in it for the cake, but deep down, everyone can agree that it’s very moving when two people decide to devote their lives to one another. Marriage isn’t easy, so it’s important to keep some words of wisdom close at hand. Whether you’re looking for just the right wedding quote for a new couple’s wedding card, or a special love quote for him in your next anniversary card, you’ll be in good shape, because of plenty of people have opinions on the matter. We’ve also amassed 30 quotes from the Good Book that are all about marriage.
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“So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”
“There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman.”
“Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.”
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
“Do everything in love.”
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
“Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.”
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.”
“Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.”
“You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.”
“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”
“No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.”
“The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.”
“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.”
“But Ruth replied, ‘Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.’ ”
“Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If one were to give all the wealth of one’s house for love, it would be utterly scorned.”
“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
“Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go till I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room of the one who conceived me.”
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”
“Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.”
“It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me.”
“Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.”
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