An invitation has room for one verse. A wedding website has room for more, which is both the opportunity and the risk. Guests visit the site to find the ceremony time, the hotel and the RSVP form, so Scripture works best when it’s placed where it frames that information rather than competes with it.
Here’s a section-by-section guide, with King James verses that suit each spot. Every quotation is the exact KJV text.
The home page: one verse, near your names
The hero is the first thing every guest sees, and it’s the most natural home for the verse that sums up your marriage. Keep it short enough to read at a glance on a phone; one or two lines under your names and date is plenty.
“And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:12
“We love him, because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19
“My beloved is mine, and I am his” Song of Solomon 2:16
“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it” Song of Solomon 8:7
If your invitation already carries a verse, using the same one in the hero ties the two together. Guests who open the invitation link and then the website will feel they’re in the same place.
Our Story: a verse that fits how you met
Your story is personal, so the verse here can be too. It’s the one place where a slightly longer passage feels at home, because guests have chosen to sit and read. Choose something that matches the story you’re telling.
If you found each other after waiting
I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go
If one of you moved across the country, or joined a new family
for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God
If you started as friends
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another
Ceremony and reception: Scripture about the covenant
The ceremony details are practical: the church, the time, where to park. A short line about what the ceremony means can sit above them without getting in the way. Verses about marriage itself fit naturally here.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
If you’re having a Catholic wedding with a Nuptial Mass, the readings are chosen with your priest according to the Church’s rite. It’s a kind gesture to note on the website that the ceremony is a full Mass so guests can plan for its length. Leave the readings themselves to the program your parish provides.
The RSVP thank-you: gratitude
The message guests see after they reply is a small moment that’s easy to overlook. A verse of thanks makes it warmer than a plain confirmation.
Thank you for letting us know.
We can’t wait to celebrate with you.
“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you”
Philippians 1:3
Psalm 126:3 is another good fit: “The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.”
The footer: a quiet closing line
The footer appears on every page, so a verse here becomes a gentle signature across the whole site. Short, joyful verses work best.
“This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24
“O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.” Psalm 34:3
“Let all your things be done with charity.” 1 Corinthians 16:14
How much is too much?
A good rule is one verse in the hero, at most one more in Our Story, and optionally a line in the footer. Three verses across a site feels intentional; a verse in every section starts to bury the details guests came for.
- Don’t repeat the same verse in more than two places.
- Keep long passages, like 1 Corinthians 13:4–7, to one section where guests are reading anyway, such as Our Story.
- Leave the FAQ, hotels and registry sections plain. Guests scan them for answers.
- Read the site on your phone. If a verse pushes your date or the RSVP button below the first screen, shorten it.
When you shorten a verse, keep the KJV words exactly as written and cite the verse they come from, as with the Ruth and Song of Solomon lines above.
A note on “charity” in the KJV
If you choose a verse from 1 Corinthians 13 or Colossians 3:14, you’ll see the word “charity” where modern translations say “love.” It’s the accurate King James text, meaning self-giving love, and on a website you have room to let it stand on its own: “And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
Putting it on your site
On christianwedding.online, the builder includes a scripture and wording library. You pick a verse and place it in the hero, on your invitation or in the footer, and it’s set in your template’s typography. Because your website, save the date and invitation share one design, the same verse can carry across all three.