These Bible verses for wedding anniversaries give you Scripture to read, speak and pray as you mark another year with your spouse. They are for couples who want their celebration rooted in God’s faithfulness rather than only in the calendar. The verses share a common thread: love that keeps choosing, commitment that outlasts difficult seasons, and a God who holds marriages together when the strength of two people runs thin.
Verses on Lasting Love and Commitment
Anniversaries invite you to look back over the years and see how love has been practiced, not just felt. The verses in this group describe a love that is patient, steady and willing to act. Read them slowly, perhaps aloud, and notice which words stand out to you today.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, 5 doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; 6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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Paul describes love as patient and kind, not easily angered and always ready to hope. On your anniversary, choose one line from this passage and name a specific way you saw it lived out in your marriage this year. Saying it to your spouse over breakfast can turn a passing thought into a shared memory.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and doesn’t have another to lift him up.
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The writer notes that two people working together receive a better reward and help each other up when one falls. Think of a moment this year when your spouse lifted you, or when you lifted them. Thank God for that partnership, and ask Him to keep you alert to the ways you can be each other’s help.
Song of Solomon 8:7
Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned.
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This verse says that many waters cannot quench love, and no flood can wash it away. Read it as a statement about the kind of love you hope to keep building. Later in the day, write one sentence on a card describing why your love has endured, and place it where your spouse will find it.
Verses of Gratitude for the Road Traveled
Years of marriage bring both joy and hardship, and gratitude helps you recognize God’s hand in both. The passages here call you to thank Him, to remember His past kindness, and to trust that He has been at work even in the hard chapters. They work well as a quiet reflection before or after your celebration.
Psalm 136:1
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.
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This short psalm opens a long litany of God’s steadfast love, and it reminds you that gratitude is a response to who He is. Consider listing three things from your years together that you attribute to His goodness. Read your list aloud to your spouse as part of your anniversary toast or dinner.
Lamentations 3:22-23
22 It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. 23 They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
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Written in grief, these verses still declare that God’s mercies are new every morning and His faithfulness is great. Your marriage has likely seen mornings that felt heavy. Let this passage reassure you that each new day in your partnership carries fresh mercy, and say a simple thank you to God for it as you start the day together.
Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations…
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Moses reminds Israel that the Lord is faithful and keeps covenant with those who love Him. A wedding is itself a covenant, and this verse ties your promises to the faithfulness of God. Pray together that your commitment to each other would mirror His steadfast faithfulness in the years ahead.
Verses on Serving and Growing Together
A lasting marriage is not only built on feelings but on daily choices to serve, forgive and grow. These verses point you toward humility, encouragement and shared purpose. They are useful when you want an anniversary to look forward as well as back.
Philippians 2:3-4
3 Doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; 4 each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
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Paul urges believers to look not only to their own interests but also to the interests of others. Many marriages improve when each partner asks what the other needs before deciding what they want. Pick one way to put your spouse’s interests first this week, and tell them about it on your anniversary.
Colossians 3:13
Bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.
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This verse calls us to bear with one another and forgive as the Lord forgave us. Anniversaries can surface old hurts, so this passage offers a gentle path forward. If there is an unresolved issue between you, consider using this verse as a prompt for an honest, prayerful conversation rather than a quiet wish that it would fade.
Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
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Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens another. This proverb describes the way spouses challenge and refine each other over decades. Reflect on one area where your spouse has helped you grow, and consider naming a way you want to encourage their growth in the coming year.
How to Use These Verses
You do not need to read all of these verses in one sitting. Choose two or three that speak to your season, then write them on a card, in the front of your marriage journal, or on a note tucked into your spouse’s bag. Many couples return to the same verses each year and notice how their meaning deepens as their marriage grows.
Try reading one passage together at the start of the day, then pausing for a short prayer or a few minutes of conversation about what it stirred in each of you. Some couples keep a running list of anniversary verses and add a line each year describing what God did in their marriage that season.
A Short Prayer for Wedding Anniversaries
Lord, thank You for the years You have given us together. We see Your faithfulness in the ordinary days and in the seasons that tested us. Forgive us where we have fallen short of love, and help us forgive each other as You have forgiven us. Keep our hearts soft, our words kind and our commitment steady. Bless the years ahead, and let our marriage point others toward Your enduring love. Amen.
