Weddings are a big deal everywhere in the world. When you stop to consider the weight of what’s actually happening, wanting a dream wedding starts to make a lot of sense. You are joining your families, your dreams, your body, your future, and even your day-to-day life with someone completely new.
That kind of moment deserves a ceremony. And if you can afford to go all out, why not?
No wonder weddings feel so romantic.
But too many people get so caught up in the wedding that they lose sight of why weddings even exist in the first place. And that reason is marriage, initiated by God.
Now, why do weddings exist? What does God say about marriage? Should you even be excited about it? Let’s walk through a few scriptures on weddings.
What Does the Bible Say About Weddings
1. Isaiah 62:5 (NKJV):
“For as a young man marries a virgin,
So shall your sons marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
So shall your God rejoice over you.”
2. Psalms 126:3 (NKJV):
“The Lord has done great things for us,
And we are glad.”
3. Psalms 128:3 (NKJV):
“Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table.”
4. Proverbs 18:22 (NKJV):
“He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord.”
5. Proverbs 31:10 (NKJV):
“Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.”
6. Song of Songs 2:4 (NKJV):
“He brought me to the banqueting house,
And his banner over me was love.”
7. Song of Solomon 2:16 (NKJV):
“My beloved is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies.”
8. Song of Solomon 3:4 (NKJV):
“Scarcely had I passed by them,
When I found the one I love.
I held him and would not let him go,
Until I had brought him to the house of my mother,
And into the chamber of her who conceived me.”
9. Song of Songs 3:11 (NKJV):
“Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And see King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
The day of the gladness of his heart.”
10. Matthew 22:2-3 (NKJV):
“The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding.”
11. Matthew 22:4 (NKJV):
“Tell those who are invited, ‘See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding.’”
12. Matthew 25:6, 10 (NKJV):
“And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’
The bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding.”
13. Mark 10:9 (NKJV):
“Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
14. John 2:1-2 (NKJV):
“On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.”
15. John 2:9-10 (NKJV):
“When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom.
And he said to him, ‘Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!’”
16. John 3:29 (NKJV):
“He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.”
17. Ephesians 5:25 (NKJV):
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,”
18. Ephesians 5:31 (NKJV):
“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
19. Hebrews 13:4 (NKJV):
“Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.”
20. Revelation 19:7 (NKJV):
“Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”
21. Revelation 19:9 (NKJV):
“Then he said to me, ‘Write: Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ And he said to me, ‘These are the true sayings of God.’”
Topping Off: 21 Bible Verses On Weddings
From the 21 Bible verses on weddings above, one thing is clear: God is not a romance killer. He invented it. He created the institution of marriage, joined the very first couple, Adam and Eve, with His own hands, and has been in the business of love ever since.
So as you step into your wedding season, don’t lose sight of what God’s word says about it and how He wants it done. When marriage is done His way, it carries His blessing.
