14 Bible Verses about Abusive Relationships

Finally, my beloved, be unanimous, be sympathizing, love as brethren, be compassionate, be courteous:

and ye husbands, love your wives, and be not embittered against them.

But if the unbeliever depart, let them depart; a brother or a sister is not bound in such cases.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave up Himself for it:

Ye husbands likewise, dwell with them according to knowledge, yielding due respect to the wife as the weaker vessel, and as joint-heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own family, he hath renounced the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

"The spirit of the Lord is upon me to the end, for which He hath anointed me: He hath sent me to publish good tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to release them that are bruised, and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord."

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, sober, prudent, grave,

And if thy brother trespass against thee, go and expostulate with him alone; if he hearken to thee, thou hast gained thy brother: but if he regard thee not, take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he disregard them, tell it to the church: but if he disregard the church too, let him be unto thee as an heathen and a publican.

And if thy brother trespass against thee, go and expostulate with him alone; if he hearken to thee, thou hast gained thy brother: but if he regard thee not, take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he disregard them, tell it to the church: but if he disregard the church too, let him be unto thee as an heathen and a publican.read more.
Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.

to slander no man, to avoid contention, to be gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

And therefore if thy right eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it is better for thee that one part of thee perish, than that thy whole body should be cast into hell:

But now I have written to you, not to associate with him, if any one, that is called a brother, be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or rapacious; with such a one no not to eat.

Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed is not defiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.