Our Favorite Bible Verses For Wedding Anniversaries

How to choose a verse for your anniversary

An anniversary is more than a date on the calendar. It is a yearly chance to remember God’s faithfulness and to renew your promises. When selecting bible verses for wedding anniversary celebrations, look for passages that name covenant love, daily kindness, and the hope of the gospel.

Consider reading your chosen verse aloud at dinner, writing it in a card, or framing it beside a favorite photograph. If you love symbolic touches, explore the “cord of three strands” image as a reminder that Christ holds you together. Keep exploring with Cord of Three Strands: Ecclesiastes 4:12 Meaning and Modern Unity Ceremony Ideas.

It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on the marriage that sustains your love.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison

Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. There are many things below it, but there are also things above it. Love as distinct from ‘being in love’ is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will…
 C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

This year, try a simple rhythm: read a verse, pray one sentence of thanks for the past year, and one request for the year ahead.

Year 1: Foundations of promise

First-year anniversaries celebrate new habits of mercy and patience.

Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. Mark 10:9

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8

Write these in your vows journal. Share one way you have seen God’s hand in your first year.

Year 5: Companionship and encouragement

Five years often means shared routines and growing resilience.

Two are better than one… A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:9–12

Renew your sense of “team.” Pray this passage over your life together and consider a small token that echoes the image of three strands.

Year 10: Love that perseveres

Ten years marks love practiced in ordinary days.

Love is patient, love is kind… It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4–7

Choose one phrase to focus on this year. Place it on a note where you both will see it.

Year 25: Faithfulness and blessing

Twenty-five years invite gratitude for God’s steady care.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts… And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:15–14

May the Lord cause you to flourish, both you and your children. May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 115:14–15

Host a simple gathering and read one of these aloud with family and friends.

Year 50: Golden years of grace

Half a century is a testimony to God’s covenant-keeping love.

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22–23

We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19

Mark the day with a quiet blessing for one another and a prayer for the generations after you.

Short verses to include in a card

Need concise lines for a note inside a gift or bouquet tag?

• Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10
• Do everything in love. 1 Corinthians 16:14
• And over all these virtues put on love. Colossians 3:14

For a verse about counsel and friendship within marriage, see Proverbs 27:9: A Sweet Friendship Refreshes the Soul.

Simple ways to live the verse this week

Scripture shapes habits when it meets everyday life. Try one:

• Pray your verse together at the table each night.
• Text the verse to your spouse at lunch with one line of encouragement.
• Choose a keepsake engraved with a reference, or write the verse on a card you keep in your wallet.

To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. Timothy Keller

Anniversaries are a chance to practice that kind of knowing love: patient, truthful, and full of grace. For more inspiration on Anniversary gifts, view our collection of Wedding Anniversary Jewelry.

A prayer for your anniversary

Lord Jesus, thank you for your faithful love. As we mark this anniversary, help us to walk in patience, kindness, and hope. Let your Word dwell richly in our home, and make our love a quiet picture of your grace. Amen.