Bible Verses about Relationships

A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can… Ecclesiastes 4:12

A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12	And where a single man can be overcome, two together will be able to resist. A cord with three strands is not easily broken. friendship strength
Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies. Proverbs 31:10	Who can find a worthy wife? She is far more precious than pearls. valuable marriage

If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Ecclesiastes 4:10	And if one should fall, his companion will help him up. How pathetic is the man who is alone and falls and has no one to assist him to his feet. friendship neighbor
You are altogether beautiful, my darling, beautiful in every way. Song of songs 4:7	You are all-beautiful, my love, without the slightest blemish. beauty marriage
In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. 2 Peter 1:5-7	In view of all this, you should make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with piety, and piety with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. faith goodness self-control
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Ecclesiastes 4:9	Two are better than one: they earn a far greater reward for their toil. friendship work
For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. Ephesians 5:25-26	Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her in order to sanctify her by cleansing her with water and the word. love purification marriage
And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows. 1 Thessalonians 3:12	May the Lord cause your love to increase and overflow for one another and for everyone else, just as our love does for you. love neighbor
Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:12	In everything, deal with others as you would like them to deal with you. This is the Law and the Prophets. law neighbor prophecy
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly. Colossians 3:18-19	Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not treat them harshly. humility marriage
Don’t team up with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14	Do not associate with unbelievers. For what basis can there be for a partnership between righteousness and lawlessness? What do light and darkness have in common? law righteousness light
Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth, but only the Lord can give an understanding wife. Proverbs 19:14	A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is a gift from the Lord. money
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” Genesis 2:18	And the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I wish to make another creature who will be like him.” creation marriage
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband. 1 Corinthians 7:2	However, to avoid the temptation to immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. desires marriage sexuality
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. Proverbs 27:17	As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the wits of his neighbor. friendship mind
Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant. Galatians 1:10	Does it now appear to you that I am trying to gain the approval of human beings rather than the approval of God? Am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. obedience reward
But those who won’t care for their relatives, especially those in their own household, have denied the true faith. Such people are worse than unbelievers. 1 Timothy 5:8	And whoever does not provide for relatives, especially for those who are living with him, has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. family children
A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need. Proverbs 17:17	A true friend is one at all times, and a brother is born to render help in time of need. friendship family
For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church. Ephesians 5:22-23	Wives, be subject to your husbands as you are to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church, the body of which he is the Savior. marriage Jesus salvation
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man who loves his wife actually shows love for himself. Ephesians 5:28	In the same way, husbands should love their wives as they do their own bodies. The man who loves his wife loves himself. marriage body
Choose a good reputation over great riches; being held in high esteem is better than silver or gold. Proverbs 22:1	An honorable name is more to be desired than great riches, and high esteem is preferable to silver and gold. money materialism
So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:33	However, each one of you should love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife should respect her husband. marriage
You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother. Love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 19:18b-19	You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness. Honor your father and your mother. Love your neighbor as yourself. law love family