If you are looking for inspirational Bible verses for wedding anniversaries, this list gives you Scripture to read aloud over your marriage, write in a card, or pray together on the day you celebrate. It is written for couples who want to honor the years they have shared and ask God to strengthen the years ahead. The verses below share a common thread: love that is patient, faithful, and rooted in something larger than a feeling, and a God who keeps covenant with his people.
Verses for Remembering the Covenant You Made
A wedding anniversary is, at its heart, a remembrance of a promise. These passages speak to the weight and the gift of that covenant, reminding you that your marriage was built on a commitment that outlasts moods, seasons, and circumstances.
Ecclesiastes 4:12
If a man prevails against one who is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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This verse describes how two people are stronger together than apart. On your anniversary, name one specific way your spouse has been a strength to you this year, and thank God for that cord that has held through hard days.
Malachi 2:14
Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.
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Malachi reminds the reader that marriage is a covenant witnessed by God himself. Spend a few minutes at breakfast recalling the day you made your vows and what you were hoping for then.
Genesis 2:24
Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
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This is one of the earliest descriptions of marriage in Scripture, a leaving and a joining. Consider one habit you have built together over the years that reflects this closeness, and make it a deliberate part of the day.
Verses for Love That Keeps Growing
Years of marriage do not make love automatic. These verses describe a love that is chosen, practiced, and deepened over time, the kind that gets more faithful the longer it is lived out.
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’s description of love is a familiar one at weddings, but it reads differently after many years together. Read it slowly, then tell your spouse which line has been most true of them this year.
1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
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John says we love because God first loved us. Let that truth shape your anniversary by thanking God together for the grace that makes your love possible, not only your effort.
Colossians 3:14
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
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Love is described here as the thing that binds everything else together. Consider writing this verse on the inside of a card and adding one quality your spouse shows that you want to see grow.
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 celebrates a love that cannot be bought or drowned out. Rather than a grand gesture, let the day be marked by simple attention, a long walk or an unhurried meal with no phones on the table.
Verses for Enduring Through Hard Seasons
Every marriage faces storms, including illness, loss, financial strain, and quiet distance. These passages speak to God’s presence in the difficult years and to the hope that carries couples through them together.
Romans 8:38-39
38 For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from God’s love, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Paul lists the things that cannot separate believers from God’s love. Think about the hardest season your marriage has walked through, and thank God that his love held firm when yours felt tired.
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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Even in grief, the writer of Lamentations holds onto the faithfulness of God that is new each morning. Pray for the couples you know who are walking through hard seasons, and remember that God’s mercies have carried yours.
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
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God promises to be with his people when they pass through waters and fire. Recall a moment this year when you walked through something difficult together, and speak to your spouse about how God met you there.
Psalm 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
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Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Let the anniversary be a moment to admit that your home has been held up by God’s hand more than your own strength.
Verses for Gratitude and Looking Ahead
An anniversary is a natural time to look back with thanks and forward with hope. These verses invite gratitude for what has been given and trust for the years still ahead.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
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Paul encourages believers to give thanks in every circumstance. Make a list together of five ordinary blessings from the past year, large and small, and read them aloud before bed.
Psalm 90:12
So teach us to count our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
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Moses asks God to teach us to number our days so that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Use the anniversary to ask each other what you hope the next year will hold, and pray over those hopes together.
Philippians 1:6
Being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
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Paul is confident that God who began a good work will complete it. Remind each other that your marriage is still being shaped, and that the story God is writing between you is not finished.
Proverbs 18:22
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.
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The proverb speaks of finding a good wife or husband as a gift from the Lord. Take a moment to tell your spouse specifically what you are grateful God gave you in them.
Ruth 1:16
Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.
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Ruth’s pledge of loyalty to Naomi is a model of steadfast commitment. Consider reading this passage aloud as a promise renewal, adapting its words in your own voice for the years ahead.
How to Use These Verses
You do not need to read every verse on your anniversary. Choose two or three that fit the mood of the day, perhaps one that remembers your vows, one that speaks to a recent struggle, and one that looks forward. Writing them in a card, on a note tucked into a coffee mug, or on a shared whiteboard lets your spouse return to them long after the day has passed.
Consider praying these verses together rather than only reading them. Hold hands, read one passage, and then let each of you pray a sentence or two in response. Over time, this practice can become a quiet tradition that deepens your marriage and reminds you both that God is present in the ordinary years as much as the celebrated ones.
A Short Prayer for Wedding Anniversaries
Lord, thank you for the years you have given us and for the covenant you have kept with us through every season. We are grateful for the faithfulness we have seen in each other and for the grace that has carried us when our own strength ran low. Help us to love with patience and kindness, to forgive quickly, and to delight in one another as you delight in us. Guide the years ahead, and let our home continue to be a place where your presence is felt. Amen.
