Domestic Violence and Abuse

Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; …

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

…for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.

But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.

Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?

If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.