18 Bible Verses about Abusive Marriages

And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself -- let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such cases, and in peace hath God called us;

In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, 'Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?' And he answering said to them, 'Did ye not read, that He who made them, from the beginning a male and a female made them, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh?read more.
so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.' They say to him, 'Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?' He saith to them -- 'Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so. 'And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, for the wrath of a man the righteousness of God doth not work;

For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.

I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

Jehovah is doing righteousness and judgments For all the oppressed.

Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive for the widow.

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain is the religion;

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice,