18 Bible Verses about Abusive Relationships

And finally, all unanimous, suffering together, loving the brethren, having good bowels, an affectionate disposition:

The rich one will rule over the poor, and he borrowing, a servant to the man lending.

Men, love ye the wives, and be not embittered against them.

And if the unbelieving is separated, let him be separated. A brother or a sister has not been reduced to slavery in such things as these: and God has called us in peace.

Husbands, love your own wives, as also Christ loved the church, and delivered himself up for it;

Men, likewise, dwelling together according to knowledge, as showing honour to the weaker vessel, pertaining to woman, and as co-heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers be not cut off.

Good to dwell upon the corner of the roof rather than with a woman of strifes and a house of community.

Thou shalt not be companion of the possessor of anger, and with the man of wrath thou shalt not go: Lest thou shalt learn his ways and take a snare to thy soul.

And if any for his own, and chiefly for his own household provide not, he has denied the faith, and is worse than the unbelieving.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me for which he anointed me to announce good news to the poor; he has sent me to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim a remission to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send away with remission the bruised, To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

Therefore an overseer must be irreprehensible, husband of one wife, sober, of sound mind, well arranged, hospitable, giving instruction;

And if thy brother sin against thee, retire, and refute him between thee and him alone; if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he hear thee not, take with thee yet one or two, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might stand. And if he refuse hearing them, speak to the church: and if he refuse hearing the church, let him be to thee as of the nations and a publican.

And if thy brother sin against thee, retire, and refute him between thee and him alone; if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he hear thee not, take with thee yet one or two, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might stand. And if he refuse hearing them, speak to the church: and if he refuse hearing the church, let him be to thee as of the nations and a publican.read more.
Truly I say to you, Whatever things ye should bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever things ye should loose upon earth shall be loosed in heaven.

A soft answer will turn away wrath, and a word of pain will bring up anger.

To slander none, to be without fighting, equitable, showing all meekness to all men.

And if thine eye give thee cause of offence, take it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members be destroyed, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

And now I wrote to you not to mix together, if any called a brother is a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or intoxicated, or rapacious; not to eat with such.

Marriage honoured in all, and the bed unpolluted: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.