VERSES FOR INVITATIONS

Isn't it amazing how you can bring God into everything? Like when you're planning a celebration, a wedding, a birthday, a graduation... and you want to include a verse from the Bible on the invitation. There's just something so beautiful about having that little piece of God's word there.

Here you'll find some verses that might be just right for whatever you're celebrating. I hope they're a blessing to you and that you find exactly what you're looking for.

¶“You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish in you.

“Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of Yah.

¶“My beloved is mine, and I am his, He who shepherds his flock among the lilies.

So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;

Love is patient, love is kind, is not jealous, does not brag, is not puffed up; it does not act unbecomingly, does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered; it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails, but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

“Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of Yah. “Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised.”

“Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised.”

Above all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Love does not work evil against a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law.

Unless Yahweh builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless Yahweh watches the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

Let all that you do be done in love.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you,

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, But you did not learn Christ in this way— if indeed you heard Him and were taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, to lay aside, in reference to your former conduct, the old man, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and to put on the new man, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not give the devil an opportunity. He who steals must steal no longer, but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need. Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for building up what is needed, so that it will give grace to those who hear. being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Lovingkindness and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you,

But now abide faith, hope, love—these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Do not let lovingkindness and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. Do not contend with a man without cause, If he has dealt you no harm. Do not envy a man of violence And do not choose any of his ways. For the devious one is an abomination to Yahweh; But His secret council is with the upright. The curse of Yahweh is on the house of the wicked one, But He blesses the abode of the righteous. Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the humble. The wise will inherit glory, But fools raise up disgrace. So you will find favor and good insight In the eyes of God and man.

“For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” Says Yahweh who has compassion on you.

And He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Now may the God of perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Cause me to know the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul.

You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled, for the sexually immoral and adulterers God will judge.

This is the day which Yahweh has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

He who finds a wife finds a good thing And obtains favor from Yahweh.

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.

We love, because He first loved us.

“You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride; You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes, With a single strand of your necklace.

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy.

Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

And my God will fulfill all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

¶An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above pearls.

And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth.”

“Scarcely had I passed them by When I found him whom my soul loves; I seized him and would not let him go Until I had brought him to my mother’s house, And into the chamber of her who conceived me.”

When I am afraid, I will trust in You.

being devoted to one another in brotherly love, giving preference to one another in honor,

Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with all my heart, In the council of the upright and in the congregation.

¶I shall bring to remembrance the lovingkindnesses of Yahweh, the praises of Yahweh, According to all the ways that Yahweh has dealt bountifully with us, And the abundant goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has dealt bountifully to them according to His compassion And according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses.

Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another.

But just as it is written, “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”

¶And He is before all things, And in Him all things hold together.

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being firmly rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, strengthen, confirm, and ground you.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

¶“I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Why should you arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases?”

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

Light is sown for the righteous And gladness for the upright in heart.

Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Now I exhort you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Delight yourself in Yahweh; And He will give you the desires of your heart.

And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will make you mighty, surely I will help you; Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

In the fear of Yahweh there is strong security, And his children will have refuge.

fulfill my joy, that you think the same way, by maintaining the same love, being united in spirit, thinking on one purpose,

¶Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all kinds of spices!

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, But a wife who has insight is from Yahweh.

¶“I am my beloved’s, And his desire is for me.

¶O taste and see that Yahweh is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

So, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience;

For you were called to freedom, brothers; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child. When I became a man, I did away with childish things. For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. But now abide faith, hope, love—these three; but the greatest of these is love. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

“Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Yet those who hope in Yahweh Will gain new power; They will mount up with wings like eagles; They will run and not get tired; They will walk and not become weary.

Therefore I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Let love of the brothers continue.

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

I shall run the way of Your commandments, For You will enlarge my heart.

“I am the rose of Sharon, The lily of the valleys.”

Better is a dish of vegetables where there is love Than a fattened ox and hatred in it.

For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

and hope does not put to shame, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

¶The footsteps of a man are established by Yahweh, And He delights in his way.

Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.”

Instead, be kind to one another, tender-hearted, graciously forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has graciously forgiven you.

¶Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.

Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

Let love be without hypocrisy—by abhorring what is evil, clinging to what is good,

¶Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

But the goal of our command is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and an unhypocritical faith.

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

For Yahweh takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.

A tranquil heart is life to the body, But jealousy is rottenness to the bones.

To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a headdress instead of ashes, The oil of rejoicing instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of Yahweh, that He may show forth His beautiful glory.

And the second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

“His mouth is full of sweetness. And he is wholly desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.”

Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.

Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all transgressions.

How blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, Who walks in His ways. When you shall eat of the fruit of the labor of your hands, How blessed will you be and how well will it be for you.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

Love is patient, love is kind, is not jealous, does not brag, is not puffed up;

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.

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