Genesis 2: 22-24

“And the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man He made (fashioned, formed) into a woman, and He brought her and presented her to the man. Then Adam said, “This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man. For this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Matthew19: 4-6

“He replied, “Have you never 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 SHALL BE JOINED INSEPARABLY TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.” So, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Additional Suggested Scripture Meditations 1

Genesis 1:26-28, 31a The creation of man and woman.

Genesis 2:4-10, 15-24 Becoming one flesh.

Proverbs 3:3-6 A seal upon your heart.

Song of Solomon 2:10-14, Love is strong as death. 16a; 8:6-7

Isaiah 43:1-7 You are precious in God’s eyes.

Isaiah 54:5-8 Your maker is your husband.

Isaiah 55:10-13 You shall go out in joy.

Isaiah 61:10–62:3 Exult in God.

Isaiah 63:7-9 The steadfast love of the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:31-34 New covenant.

Matthew 5:1-10, 13-16 The Beatitudes.

Matthew 7:21, 24-27 A house built upon a rock.

Matthew 19:3-6 One flesh.

Matthew 22:35-40 Love, the greatest commandment.

Mark 2:18-22 Joy in Christ as at a wedding.

Mark 10:6-9 No longer two but one.

Mark 10:42-45 True greatness.

John 2:1-11 The marriage feast of Cana.

John 15:1-8 Bear good fruit.

John 15:9-17 Remain in Christ’s love.

Romans 7:1-2, 9-18 Law and grace.

Romans 12:1-2, 9-18 The life of a Christian

Romans 15:1-3, 5-7, 13 Live in harmony.

1 Corinthians 13 The greatest of these is love.

2 Corinthians 5:14-17 In Christ we are a new creation.

Ephesians 2:4-10 God’s love for us .

Ephesians 3:14-21 Be subject to one another.

Ephesians 4:1-6 Called to the one hope.

Ephesians 4:25–5:2 Members one of another.

Philippians 2:1-2 The Christ-like spirit.

Philippians 4:4-9 Rejoice in the Lord.

Colossians 3:12-17 Live in love and thanksgiving.

1 John 3:18-24 Love one another.

1 John 4:7-16 God is love.

Revelation 19:1, 5-9a The wedding feast of the Lamb.

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1 All Scripture quotations from The Amplified Bible, Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishers, 2017.

2 Andy Langford, Christian Weddings, Second Edition: Resources to Make Your Ceremony Unique. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2008.