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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.
Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame.
In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth.It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.
Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame.Surging waters cannot quench love; floodwaters cannot overflow it. If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, the offer would be utterly despised.
Surging waters cannot quench love; floodwaters cannot overflow it. If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, the offer would be utterly despised.
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God.
If the Lord does not build a house, then those who build it work in vain. If the Lord does not guard a city, then the watchman stands guard in vain.
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,But you did not learn about Christ like this,if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus.You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger.Do not give the devil an opportunity.The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear.making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly.Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose to imitate any of his ways;for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble.The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people.
Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced, my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced,” says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you.
Jesus said to him, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment.The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.
Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable, and receives a pleasurable gift from the Lord.
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride! You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”
Scarcely had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him tightly and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother’s house, to the bedroom chamber of the one who conceived me.
Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.
I will tell of the faithful acts of the Lord, of the Lord’s praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the Lord did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness.
But just as it is written, “Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him.”
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so 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, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem: “Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!”
In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose.
And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near.
Don’t be afraid, for I am with you! Don’t be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you – yes, I help you – yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!
In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children.
complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.
How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine; the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!
And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose,
For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.
Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.
He answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.but when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside.When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways.For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known.And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit.
He says, “Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”
But those who wait for the Lord’s help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles’ wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.
And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.”
Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give him thanks! Praise his name!
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.
to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.
His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem!
How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.
Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.
Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.