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.

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

So ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Charity never faileth: but whether there are prophecies, they shall fail; whether there are languages, they shall cease; whether there is knowledge, it shall vanish away.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals of it are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Love worketh no ill to one's neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD shall build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD shall keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain.

Wherefore they are no more two, but one flesh. Therefore what God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Let all your things be done with charity.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,

With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love;Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one towards another, and towards all men, even as we do towards you:

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart:So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.

Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.This is the first and great commandment.And the second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one towards another according to Christ Jesus:That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way in which I should walk; for I lift up my soul to thee.

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but lewd persons and adulterers God will judge.

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Whoever findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor from the LORD.

For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

We love him, because he first loved us.

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thy eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

But my God will supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living animal that moveth upon the earth.

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

In the time when I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;

Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.

I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness towards the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and highth.And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled with all the fullness of God.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.

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

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not, nor awake my love, until he please.

But in all these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

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

Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment.

Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

And let us consider one another to excite to love and to good works:Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yes, I will help thee; yes, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Fulfill ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thy ointments than all spices!

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

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

I am my beloved's, and his desire is towards me.

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;

For, brethren, ye have been called to liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

And he answered and said to them, Have ye not read, that he who made them, at the beginning made them male and female,And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?Wherefore they are no more two, but one flesh. Therefore what God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Let brotherly love continue.

Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred with it.

For where two or three are assembled in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

And hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts, by the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him a help meet for him.

And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful to him, and bless his name.

I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.

And the second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity will cover a multitude of sins.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him to rise.Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?And if one prevaileth against him, two shall withstand him; and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.

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