short bible verses for married couples
Genesis 2:24: Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
Ephesians 5:25: Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Proverbs 18:22: He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.
1 Corinthians 13:4: Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant.
Matthew 19:6: So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
bible verses about husband and wife duties
Ephesians 5:22-25: Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Colossians 3:18-19: Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
1 Peter 3:1-2, 7: Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives... Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
1 Corinthians 7:3-5: The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Proverbs 31:10-12, 27-28: A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life... She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.
bible verse about husband and wife fighting
Proverbs 21:9: "Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife."
Proverbs 21:19: "Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife."
Ephesians 4:26-27: "In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are angry, and do not give the devil a foothold."
Colossians 3:19: "Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them."
James 1:19-20: "My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires."
bible verse about marriage between man and woman
Genesis 2:24: "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."
Matthew 19:4-6: "He answered, 'Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.'"
Ephesians 5:31: "'Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.'"
bible verses about relationships
Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Proverbs 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Ephesians 4:2-3 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.
Colossians 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Matthew 6:14-15 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
bible verses on marriage problems
Ephesians 5:25 (NIV): "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."
Ephesians 5:22 (NIV): "Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord."
1 Corinthians 7:10-11 (NIV): "To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife."
Matthew 19:6 (NIV): "So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."
Matthew 19:9 (NIV): "I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery."
Proverbs 15:1 (NIV): "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger."
Proverbs 21:9 (NIV): "Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife."
Colossians 3:19 (NIV): "Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them."
1 Peter 3:7 (NIV): "Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers."
bible verses true love between man woman
Genesis 2:24: "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."
Ephesians 5:25: "Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."
Ephesians 5:28: "In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself."
Ephesians 5:33: "However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."
Proverbs 18:22: "He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord."
Song of Solomon 8:6-7: "Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised."
1 Corinthians 13:4-7: "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
husband and wife bible verse new testament
Ephesians 5:22-25 (NIV): "Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."
Colossians 3:18-19 (NIV): "Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them."
1 Peter 3:1-7 (NIV): "Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. ... Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers."
1 Corinthians 7:3-5 (NIV): "The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer."