Bible Verses About Abuse in a Marriage
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for abuse in a marriage, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 373 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 in a Marriage
Colossians 3:1950 votes
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
1 Peter 3:742 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.
Proverbs 22:1037 votes
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Ephesians 5:2534 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians 5:2830 votes
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Proverbs 15:124 votes
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Malachi 2:1617 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.
2 Corinthians 6:1417 votes
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Matthew 5:3214 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.
1 Corinthians 7:12-1614 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.
Ephesians 4:3214 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Titus 3:214 votes
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
Matthew 19:4-612 votes
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
Hebrews 13:412 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Proverbs 18:2211 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Ephesians 5:28-2911 votes
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Genesis 2:2410 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Matthew 19:910 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.
What does the Bible say about abuse in a marriage?
Readers most often cite Colossians 3:19 on the subject of abuse in a marriage. Across 373 votes, 18 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 3:7, Proverbs 22:10, Ephesians 5:25. This page lists all 18 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.