100 Bible Verses About Relationships
Bible verses about Relationships
Navigating relationships can be one of life's greatest joys and most profound challenges. Scripture offers timeless wisdom and guidance, illuminating the path towards building healthy, Christ-centered connections. Through understanding biblical principles on love, forgiveness, and mutual respect, we can cultivate relationships that reflect God's grace and purpose. Exploring verses about relationships equips us to navigate conflict with compassion, support one another in faith, and build bonds that honor God. Let the Bible be your guide as you seek to create meaningful and lasting relationships rooted in love and truth.
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Genesis 28:8 (KJV)
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Love, Loyalty, and Faith: Bible Verses on Relationships
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, and David’s place was empty.
And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.
Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
The Bible offers profound wisdom for navigating the complexities of relationships, from the foundational love described in 1 Corinthians 13 to the call for forgiveness in Colossians 3:13. These verses highlight the importance of selfless love, mutual respect, open communication, and unwavering commitment as pillars of healthy connections. Whether it's family ties, friendships, or romantic partnerships, Scripture consistently points to the transformative power of grace and empathy in fostering unity. Let these verses serve as a constant reminder to prioritize love, humility, and understanding in every interaction. By reflecting on these timeless principles and actively applying them to our relationships, we can cultivate deeper, more meaningful bonds that not only enrich our lives but also reflect the love and character of God to those around us.