Do you have any favorites related to love and/or strong partnership?

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 is nice:

"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken."

Also the passage from Ruth that Connie mentioned [link]

"Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me."

Oy, ln. I feel you (not literally of course), I'm going to have to go get all refitted as was made painfully obvious the last time I put on a pre-maternity bra, and while I was happy to no longer spill over the edges, when I bent over I…fell out.

Ooooh. Steph. I like that one. I'll definitely look at the others, but we may have a winner!

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

THREESOMES!

I am knee-deep in wedding reading whatnot these days.

I edited to give you a link to the passage from Ruth, which I love dearly.

"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken."

Lovely for the single folks in the audience.

Eta: I personally might do some judicious editing.

Good one, Steph. (And Trudy is largely correct about Song of Solomon).

And like Connie said, Book of Ruth. That was the first to pop into my mind (after 1 Corinthians, of course).

Found these:

Colossians 3:14

And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

1 Peter 4:8

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Ephesians 4:2

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

We used to sit in the balcony reading Song of Solomon during the boring parts in church.

DJ,

I laughed ruefully. I did.

Well, a reading for a wedding presumes a couple is the primary audience.