The best Bible verses for struggling marriages include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for struggling marriages, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud."1 Corinthians 13:4
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud."1 Corinthians 13:4
"Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you."Colossians 3:13
"Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken."Ecclesiastes 4:12
"Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you."Ephesians 4:32
"However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband."Ephesians 5:33
"My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,"James 1:19
"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves."Philippians 2:3
"Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned."Song of Solomon 8:7
"So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”"Matthew 19:6
Occasions ask something specific of scripture. A verse chosen for struggling marriages is usually going to be read aloud, printed in a program, or spoken to someone at a moment they will remember for a long time — which rules out passages that need three sentences of setup before they land.
These 15 are the verses most often chosen for struggling marriages, and they are chosen for good reason: each one makes sense on first hearing, carries its meaning without commentary, and speaks to the moment rather than around it.
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The most-cited Bible verses for struggling marriages are 1 Corinthians 13:4, 1 Corinthians 13:7, Ephesians 4:2. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to struggling marriages across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for struggling marriages, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.