Bible Verses About Spouse Abuse
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for spouse abuse, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 461 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 Spouse Abuse
Colossians 3:1935 votes
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Malachi 2:1633 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.
1 Corinthians 7:1532 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.
Matthew 5:3231 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 Peter 3:729 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 22:1028 votes
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
2 Timothy 3:1-828 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Psalms 11:519 votes
The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
1 Corinthians 7:1-4017 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Ephesians 4:2917 votes
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Ephesians 5:2217 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Proverbs 10:1115 votes
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
1 Corinthians 7:10-1114 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Ephesians 5:2514 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Hebrews 13:413 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
James 1:19-2013 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Psalms 72:1412 votes
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
Luke 16:1812 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Ephesians 4:3212 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Malachi 2:16-1710 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.
Matthew 18:15-1710 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
Matthew 19:810 votes
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
1 Corinthians 7:12-1610 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.
Galatians 5:19-2110 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Hebrews 13:310 votes
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
What does the Bible say about spouse abuse?
Readers most often cite Colossians 3:19 on the subject of spouse abuse. Across 461 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Malachi 2:16, 1 Corinthians 7:15, Matthew 5:32. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.