Suggested Scripture Readings for Weddings

(Choose one from each category)

Old Testament

Genesis 1:26-28, 3a Male & female in God’s image
Genesis 2:18-24 Creation of woman
Genesis 24:48-51,58-67 Isaac & Rebekah
Ruth 1:16-18 Wherever you go, I will go
Tobit 7:6-14 Tobiah & Sarah to marry
Tobit 8:4b-8 Prayer of Tobiah & Sarah
Proverbs 31:10-31 or
Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 a worthy wife
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 To everything there is a season
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Two are better than one
Song of Songs 2:8-10, 14, 16a; 8:6-7a Love is stern as death
Sirach 26:1-4, 13-16 Happy the husband of a good wife
Sirach 40:18-27 Better to have a good wife, love, and fear of the Lord
Isaiah 43:1-7 You are precious in my eyes
Isaiah 55: 10-13 God’s word will bear fruit
Isaiah 61:10-62:5 As a bridegroom rejoices in his bride, God rejoices in us
Jeremiah 31:31-32a, 33-34a A new covenant

Responsorial Psalms

Psalms 33, 34, 103, 112, 127, 128, 139, 145, 148

New Testament

Romans 8:31b-35, 37-39 Who will separate us from the love of God?
Romans 12:1-2, 9-18 Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice
Romans 13:8-10 Love fulfills the law
Romans 15:1b-3a, 5-7, 13 Welcome one another as Christ welcomed you
I Corinthians 12:31-13:8a or
I Corinthians 12:31-13:13 Hymn to love
Ephesians 3:14-19 May you be rooted & grounded in love
Ephesians 4:1-6 Bear with one another through love
Ephesians 4:25-5:2 Be kind, compassionate, forgiving
Ephesians 5:2a, 25-32 Husbands, love your wives
Philippians 2:1-11 Have the same attitude as Christ
Philippians 4:4-9 Rejoice in the Lord always
Colossians 3:12-17 Put on love, the bond of perfection
Hebrews 13:2-4a, 5-6b Mutual love
I John 3:18-24 Let us love in deed and truth
I John 4:7-12 God is love; we also must love one another
I John 4:16-21 God is love; perfect love drives out fear
Revelation 19:1, 5-9a the wedding day of the lamb

Gospel

Matthew 5:1-12a  The Beatitudes
Matthew 5:13-16 Salt of the earth, light of the world
Matthew 7:21, 24-29  Built on the rock of Jesus’ words
Matthew 19:3-6   What God has joined together
Matthew 22:35-40  The two greatest commandments
Mark 10:6-9  What God has joined together
Mark 10:42-45   The greatest will serve the rest
John 2:1-11   The wedding feast at Cana
John 13:1-15 Jesus washes his disciples’ feet
John 15:9-12 Remain in my love; love one another
John 15:12-16 Love one another; I have called you friends
John 15:9-17 Remain in my love; love one another
John 17:20-26 May they be one