Bible Verses about “domestic violence”
The Bible contains 11 verses about domestic violence across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”
“Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
“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.”
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these]; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”
“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”
“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.”
“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”
“Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.”
“For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,”
“The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.”