14 Bible Verses about Abusive Relationships

And, finally, be ye all of one mind, compassionate, loving as brethren, tender-hearted, humble-minded;

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter toward them.

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

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the assembly, and delivered Himself up for it,

Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with them according to knowledge, assigning honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.

But, if any one provides not for his own, and especially for his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me; because He anointed Me to publish good tidings to the poor; He hath sent Me to proclaim release to captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away the crushed in freedom. to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord."

It is needful, therefore, that the bishop be irreproachable, a husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, hospitable, apt to teach,

"And, if your brother sin against you, go show him his fault between you and him alone. If he hear you, you gained your brother; but, if he hear you not, take with you yet one or two, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three, every word may be established. And, if he disregard them, tell it to the assembly; and, if he disregard the assembly also, let him be to you as the gentile and the tax-collector.

"And, if your brother sin against you, go show him his fault between you and him alone. If he hear you, you gained your brother; but, if he hear you not, take with you yet one or two, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three, every word may be established. And, if he disregard them, tell it to the assembly; and, if he disregard the assembly also, let him be to you as the gentile and the tax-collector.read more.
Verily, I say to you, whatsoever ye bind upon the earth shall have been bound in Heaven, and whatsoever ye loose on the earth shall have been loosed in Heaven.

to speak evil of no one, to be averse to strife, to be mild, showing all meekness to all men.

"And, if your right eye is causing you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be cast into Hell.

but, as it is, I wrote not to keep company, if anyone, called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner??ith such a one, not even to eat.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.