What Can Read in the Bible to Have Peace and Love in My Marriage

20 Scripture Verses to Pray for Your Marriage

Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer
2019 4 Jul

The Bible tells united states the very definition of marriage and that two are better than i (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12). Nosotros know God's Word to be true, but if we are homo and honest, nosotros volition ofttimes acknowledge that marriage is difficult. It doesn't always seem similar 2 really are amend than 1, does information technology?

Making our marriage stronger takes intentionality, and I believe, God'southward Discussion and prayer. When nosotros are intentionally humbling ourselves and praying for our spouse, our centre grows more than soft and pliable. God is able to work in my eye also as in my spouse.

Here are 20 Bible verses about spousal relationship that I utilise to pray Scripture over our relationship and my spouse. God's Give-and-take tin transform your marriage!

1. Joshua ane:9

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"Take I not commanded you lot? Be stiff and courageous. Do not be afraid; exercise non be discouraged, for the Lord your God volition be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:nine

Lord, brand us STRONG for Y'all.

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2. Psalm 1:1-three

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"Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the visitor of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and nighttime. That person is like a tree planted past streams of h2o, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatsoever they do prospers." Psalm 1:ane-three

Lord, may our please be in You, may we meditate on Your police force mean solar day and nighttime. When we exercise so, our union and our family volition be similar a tree planted by streams of water, which yields FRUIT in its season and whose leaf does not wither.

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3. Psalm 37:three

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"Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness." Psalm 37:3

Lord, assistance us to trust Y'all in all things and to do skilful toward each other. May we treasure faithfulness in our marriage and in our lives.

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four. Psalm 51:ten

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"Create in me a pure centre, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit inside me." Psalm 51:10

Lord, create in both of us a pure heart, seeking You first in all things.

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v. Proverbs 24:iii-4

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"By wisdom a business firm is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures." Proverbs 24:three-4

Lord, may our homes exist built on YOUR WISDOM.

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6. Ecclesiastes four:9-10

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"Ii are better than one, considering they have a good reward for their toil. For if they autumn, one will elevator upward his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not some other to elevator him up!" Ecclesiastes iv:9-x

Lord, we know that two are better than one. This is your blueprint. Help us to truly lift i another up as yous have created u.s.a. to exercise.

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vii. Song of Solomon four:10

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"How delightful is your dearest, my sis, my helpmate! How much more than pleasing is your dearest than vino, and the fragrance of your perfume more than than any spice!" Song of Solomon 4:10

May nosotros delight in our love for i another.

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8. Isaiah 62:5

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"As a young human marries a young woman, so will your Builder ally you; equally a benedict rejoices over his bride, and then will your God rejoice over you." Isaiah 62:5

May we rejoice over one another and in turn, rest in the noesis that Yous, God, rejoice over u.s.a. equally your children.

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9. Romans 15:five-6

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"May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one some other, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together yous may with one voice glorify the God and Begetter of our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 15:5-6

Lord, may nosotros live together in harmony and unity with one some other, that we might glorify You.

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10. 1 Corinthians 14:iv-8

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"Love is patient, dearest is kind. Information technology does not green-eyed, it does not boast, information technology is not proud. It does not dishonor others, information technology is not cocky-seeking, it is non easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does non delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It e'er protects, always trusts, always hopes, ever perseveres. Dear never fails." ane Corinthians 14:4-8

Lord, give u.s.a. YOUR kind of love for our spouse and for our families. Abound united states of america in patience, kindness, accolade, service, and may we never go on a tape of wrongs. May our honey never fail because it is Your love in us.

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xi. 2 Corinthians 12:9

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"Simply he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is fabricated perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, then that the power of Christ may remainder upon me." 2 Corinthians 12:9

Father God, Your grace is e'er sufficient. No thing what my spouse and I confront tomorrow, Your grace is plenty. Your grace sustains. Your grace is sufficient.

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12. Galatians v:22-23

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"But the fruit of the Spirit is dearest, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-command; confronting such things at that place is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires." Galatians 5:22-23

God, pour Your Spirit over our home. Fill our home with Your fruit. Grant united states more than beloved, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and cocky-control. Make full our dwelling house with more of You and less of me.

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13. Ephesians iv:29

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"Let no corrupting talk come up out of your mouths, merely only such every bit is good for edifice upward, every bit fits the occasion, that information technology may give grace to those who hear." Ephesians four:29

Lord, help us to build one another up. Let no decadent talk come out of our mouths, but only what is useful for edifice up our spouse. May my words be grace to my spouse.

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14. Ephesians 5:21-xxx

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"Submit to ane another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as y'all do to the Lord. For the husband is the caput of the wife equally Christ is the head of the church, his torso, of which he is the Savior. Now equally the church building submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, merely as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the give-and-take, and to nowadays her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this aforementioned style, husbands ought to dearest their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Afterward all, no i e'er hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just every bit Christ does the church— for we are members of his body." Ephesians v:21-xxx

Lord, may we joyfully submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. May we dearest like Jesus.

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fifteen. Ephesians 6:12

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"For we practise not wrestle against mankind and blood, but against the rulers, confronting the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12

Lord, when we come up to places of disagreement, as all marriages encounter, remind us that our enemy is not mankind and blood. Our enemy is not our spouse. We wrestle against the rulers and principalities of evil. Grow u.s. in unity and together in Christ.

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sixteen. Philippians 2:3-seven

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"Do aught out of selfish appetite or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests simply each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, take the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he fabricated himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, beingness made in human likeness." Philippians 2:3-7

Lord, assist us to non exercise anything out of selfish appetite. Give u.s. humble hearts toward ane another, not looking to our ain interests, but to the interests of our spouse. Give us the heed of Christ.

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17. Colossians 3:13-14

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"For he has rescued the states from the rule of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." Colossians 3:13-14

Lord, may we never forget that Yous rescued US from the dominion of darkness. May we show that same forgiveness to our spouse!

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18. Hebrews ten:23

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"Allow us hold fast the confession of our promise without wavering, for he who promised is faithful." Hebrews 10:23

Lord, assistance us to think that our merely hope is in You. Christ alone. Remind our hearts that everyone effectually us is human and will let us down, but that we must identify our faith and hope in Yous. Your promises are truthful and You are faithful God.

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nineteen. James four:eight

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"Draw near to God, and he will describe near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded." James 4:8

Lord, help us to draw nearly to You every bit individuals and as a couple. Assist u.s. to come to you daily for confession and cleansing, purify our hearts, Lord.

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