18 Bible Verses about Abusive Marriages

But, if, the unbelieving, departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister hath not come into bondage, in such cases, but, in peace, hath God called us.

In like manner, ye wives, - submitting yourselves unto your own husbands; in order that, if any are not yielding unto the word, through their wives behaviour, they may, without the word, be won,

And there came unto him Pharisees, testing him, and saying, - Whether is it allowed a man to divorce his wife, for every cause? And, he, answering, said - Did ye never read - He who created at the beginning, Male and female, made them, - and said - For this cause, will a man leave his father and his mother, and be united to his wife, - and, the two, will become, one flesh;read more.
So that, the longer, are they, two, but, one flesh, What, therefore, God, hath yoked together, Let not, a man, put asunder. They say unto him - Why then did, Moses, command, to give a writing of repudiation and to divorce? He saith unto them - Moses, in view of your hardness of heart, permitted you to divorce your wives; From the beginning however, hath it not been done, thus. And I say unto you - Whosoever shall divorce his wife, saving for unfaithfulness, and shall marry another, committeth adultery.

But, I, say unto you, that, Everyone who divorceth his wife - saving for unfaithfulness, causeth her to be made an adulteress, - and, whosoever shall marry a divorced woman, committeth adultery.

Bear in mind them who are in bonds, as having become jointly bound, - them who are suffering ill-treatment, as being yourselves also in the body.

Ye husbands! be loving your wives, and be not embittered against them;

Ye wives, unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord,

Blessings, are for the head of the righteous man, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth up wrong.

A well-spring of life, is the mouth of the righteous, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth wrong.

Ye know, my brethren beloved, - but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, For, man's anger, worketh not, God's righteousness.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the humbling of the patient one, neither hath he hid his face from him, but, when he cried for help unto him, he heard.

I know that Yahweh will execute, the right of the oppressed one, the vindication of the needy.

Yahweh is one, who executeth righteousness, Yea vindication for all the oppressed.

Learn to do well - Seek justice, Correct the oppressor, - Vindicate the fatherless, Plead the cause of the widow,

Let, no putrid discourse, out of your mouth, be going forth, but if anything is good - suited to the needful upbuilding, - that it may give benefit unto them that hear;

If any thinketh he is observant of religion, not curbing his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this one's, religious observance is, vain:

Out of the same mouth, come forth blessing and cursing! Not meet, my brethren, for, these things, thus, to be coming to pass!

All bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and outcry, and profane speaking, let it be taken away from you, with all baseness;