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Can't help on the scripture part, but for the other reading, we had our officiant recite the following passage from Paul Newman's wedding to Joanne Woodward 50 years ago. 

 The crowd was bawling by the end of it.  I love the last graph... 

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the Art of Marriage: The little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say 'I love you' at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry.

It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon, it should continue through all the years. It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world. It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.

It is doing things for each other, not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy. It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have wings of an angel.

It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humor. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding room for the things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful.

It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and the obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner.

We used Proverbs 31:10-12 which reads:

“A wife of noble character, who can find?  She is worth far more than rubies.

Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.

She brings him good, not harm all the days of her life.”

The second scripture was Ephesians 5:25-31:

“Husbands love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave himself up for her, so that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the Word that he might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife, loves himself; for no one ever hated his own body, but nourishes it and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, because we are members of His body. For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother, and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

Don't know if you got everything you needed, but we used Song of Solomon 5:16 as the header on our invitations: " This is my lover, this is my friend." Also, Song of Solomon 8:6-7(Place me like a seal over your heart.....). Gen 2:18-24(And the Lord God said, "It is not good for man to live alone. I will make a help mate for him.....")

There is also another scripture that says "I have found the one whom my soul loveth. I held him and would not let him go..." I think it might be in Song of Solomon but I can't remember. Rest your brain, it's going to be okay!