Bible Verses About Mistreating Your Wife

If you landed here looking for Bible verses about husbands mistreating their wives, this content is for you. Today I will be sharing key scriptures from the Bible that provide guidance on marital relationships where mistreatment occurs. By examining these passages, we can gain greater understanding of God’s perspective on cherishing vs. mistreating wives and explore the relevant biblical principles for restoring peace and reconciliation in the marriage bond.

Introductions

Marriage is a sacred bond, designed by God to be a loving and supportive relationship between husband and wife. Sadly, sometimes one spouse ends up mistreating the other, damaging the marriage relationship. As Christians seeking to follow Biblical principles for marriage, it’s important we understand what scripture says about mistreatment in marriage.

The Bible makes clear that husbands are called to love their wives sacrificially, as Christ loved the church. They are instructed not to be harsh, bitter, or demeaning towards their wives. On the contrary, God desires men to honor their wives, live with them in understanding, and treat them as equals, joint heirs in eternal life.

Throughout scripture, we see God’s displeasure when one spouse perpetrates violence, manipulation, verbal/emotional abuse or indulges in adultery against their partner. These behaviors can deeply wound one’s wife emotionally and spiritually. Thankfully the Bible gives guidance for reconciliation, repentance and healing to restore marriage relationships scarred by mistreatment.

Even when facing challenging marital circumstances, God promises wives strength, dignity and wisdom as they continue trusting in Him. There is always hope for positive change when both spouses yield to God’s principles.

Dear friends, now let’s look at some Bible verses below that talk about mistreating wives.

What does the Bible say about husbands mistreating their wives?

Colossians 3:19
“Husbands, love your wives, be not bitter against them”

1 Corinthians 7:3-5
“Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting prayer; come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency”

Bible verses about respecting your wife

Ephesians 5:33
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; the wife see that she reverence her husband”

1 Peter 3:7
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered”

Proverbs 31:28
“Her children arise up, call her blessed; her husband also, he praiseth her”

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
“Charity suffereth long, 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”

Galatians 5:22-23
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law”

Bible verses about loving your wife as Christ loved the church

Ephesians 5:25
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, gave himself for it”

1 Corinthians 16:14
“Let all your things be done with charity”

1 John 4:19
“We love him, because he first loved us”

Romans 13:10
“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law”

Proverbs 19:22
“The desire of a man is his kindness: a poor man is better than a liar”

Song of Solomon 8:7
“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned”

Does the Bible allow divorce if a husband mistreats his wife?

Malachi 2:16
“For the Lord , the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously”

Matthew 19:8-9
“He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, shall marry another, committeth adultery: whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery”

1 Corinthians 7:10-11
“Unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: let not the husband put away his wife”

Matthew 5:31-32
“It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery”

Mark 10:11-12
“He saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, marry another, committeth adultery against her. If a woman shall put away her husband, be married to another, she committeth adultery”

1 Corinthians 7:15
“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”

How to make amends after mistreating your wife – Bible guidance

Ephesians 4:32
“Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you”

James 5:16
“Confess your faults one to another, pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”

Proverbs 15:1
“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger”

Matthew 5:23-24
“Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, then come offer thy gift”

1 John 1:9
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful just to forgive us our sins, to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”

Galatians 6:2
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, so fulfil the law of Christ”

What should a Christian wife do if her husband mistreats her?

Galatians 6:1-2
“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another’s burdens, so fulfil the law of Christ”

Proverbs 31:26-27
“She openeth her mouth with wisdom; in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, eateth not the bread of idleness”

1 Corinthians 7:12-16
“But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. The woman which hath an husband that believeth not, if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. 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. For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?”