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Bible Verses About abusive marriages

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What does the Bible say about abusive marriages? Browse 20 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Colossians 3:19
King James (KJV)Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

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Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
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.
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
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. to peace: Gr. in peace
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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.
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
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. that he: or, if he hate her, put her away putting: Heb. to put away
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. offend: or, do cause thee to offend
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

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