What does the Bible say about Marital Difficulties?
Proverbs 5:18–23 (NKJV) “Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth. As a loving deer and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love. For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman, And be embraced in the arms of a seductress? For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, And He ponders all his paths. His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, And he is caught in the cords of his sin. He shall die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.”
Proverbs 12:25 (NKJV) “Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.”
Proverbs 13:3 (NKJV) “He who guards his mouth preserves his life, But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.”
Proverbs 15:1 (NKJV) “A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.”
Proverbs 18:7 (NKJV) “A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.”
Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV) “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.”
Proverbs 25:11 (NKJV) “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold In settings of silver.”
Proverbs 26:28 (NKJV) “A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin.”
Proverbs 29:20 (NKJV) “Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.”
Proverbs 31:30 (NKJV) “Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.”
Matthew 5:23–24 (NKJV) “Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”
Matthew 12:37 (NKJV) “For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matthew 18:19 (NKJV) “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.”
Romans 12:17 (NKJV) “Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.”
Romans 12:18 (NKJV) “If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.”
1 Corinthians 7:3–4 (NKJV) “Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.”
1 Corinthians 7:10–11 (NKJV) “Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife.”
Galatians 5:15 (NKJV) “But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!”
Ephesians 4:26–27 (NKJV) ““Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.”
Ephesians 4:32 (NKJV) “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”
Ephesians 5:22–24 (NKJV) “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.”
Ephesians 5:25–28 (NKJV) “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.”
Ephesians 5:33 (NKJV) “Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.”
Ephesians 6:18 (NKJV) “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—”
Philippians 2:3–4 (NKJV) “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.”
Colossians 3:18 (NKJV) “Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.”
Colossians 3:19 (NKJV) “Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.”
Colossians 4:6 (NKJV) “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.”
1 Thessalonians 5:14 (NKJV) “Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.”
1 Thessalonians 5:15 (NKJV) “See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.”
1 Timothy 2:11–13 (NKJV) “Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was formed first, then Eve.”
1 Peter 3:1 (NKJV) “Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives,”
1 Peter 3:7 (NKJV) “Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.”
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