Bible Verses About Abuse From a Spouse
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for abuse from a spouse, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 450 votes, led by Colossians 3:19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Abuse From a Spouse
Colossians 3:1947 votes
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
1 Peter 3:736 votes
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Ephesians 5:2534 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Proverbs 22:1032 votes
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Malachi 2:13-1629 votes
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
Proverbs 21:923 votes
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Malachi 2:1622 votes
For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
James 5:1622 votes
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Ephesians 5:28-2920 votes
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Proverbs 15:119 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Ephesians 4:3219 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Matthew 19:918 votes
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:1518 votes
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
Mark 10:2-1216 votes
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
Matthew 5:3213 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew 6:9-1313 votes
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Matthew 23:3413 votes
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
1 Corinthians 7:12-1613 votes
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Romans 8:112 votes
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Proverbs 4:14-1711 votes
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Deuteronomy 24:1-410 votes
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
2 Corinthians 11:1310 votes
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
What does the Bible say about abuse from a spouse?
Readers most often cite Colossians 3:19 on the subject of abuse from a spouse. Across 450 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 3:7, Ephesians 5:25, Proverbs 22:10. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.