The best Bible verses for anniversary include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for anniversary, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud."1 Corinthians 13:4
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud."1 Corinthians 13:4
"Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned."Song of Solomon 8:7
"And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity."Colossians 3:14
"But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God."Ruth 1:16
"Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart."Proverbs 3:3
"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."1 Corinthians 13:13
"Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken."Ecclesiastes 4:12
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh."Genesis 2:24
"No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us."1 John 4:12
Occasions ask something specific of scripture. A verse chosen for anniversary is usually going to be read aloud, printed in a program, or spoken to someone at a moment they will remember for a long time — which rules out passages that need three sentences of setup before they land.
These 15 are the verses most often chosen for anniversary, and they are chosen for good reason: each one makes sense on first hearing, carries its meaning without commentary, and speaks to the moment rather than around it.
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The most-cited Bible verses for anniversary are 1 Corinthians 13:4, Ecclesiastes 4:9, Song of Solomon 8:7. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to anniversary across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for anniversary, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.