Your marriage will flourish when you know and apply what God says concerning you and your man.
So I pray these verses challenge and “equip you for every good work” in your marriage!
Love
1. John 15:12 – 14
This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.
2. 1 Peter 4:8
Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
3. Colossians 3:14
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
4. 1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
5. 1 John 4:19
We love because He first loved us.
6. Matthew 7:12
So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
7. Romans 12:10
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
8. Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
9. Proverbs 12:4
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Forgiveness
10. Matthew 6:14-15
For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
11. Colossians 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
12. Ephesians 4:31-32
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
When worried and anxious..
13. Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
14. Isaiah 41:10
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
15. Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Treating each other well
16. Colossians 3:12-14
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
17. Proverbs 24:29
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.
Cultivating Harmony
18. Philippians 2:2
Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
19. Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don’t think you know it all!
20. Romans 12:10
Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
Resolving Conflict
21. Proverbs 15:1
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
22. James 4:1-2
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.
23. Ephesians 4:26
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger..
Watching your words
24. Proverbs 21:19
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
25. Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
26. Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Trusting God
27. Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
28. Psalm 28:7
The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.
29. Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
30. Ecclesiastes 4:12
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Personal Growth
31. 1 Corinthians 13:11
When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.
32. 2 Peter 3:17, 18
So be on guard; then you will not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing. Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
33. Collosians 1:9-10
So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
34. Psalm 92:12
But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.
Power of prayer
35. Mark 11:24
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
36. Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
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