Bible verses to strengthen a struggling marriage [NIV]

If your marriage is struggling, you need Christ to intervene.

You need the Holy Spirit to guide and comfort you in this trying moment.

Of course, the devil plans to crash your marriage.

But that will not happen because God can restore your marriage.

Thankfully there are many bible verses to strengthen a struggling marriage.

These scriptures are a reminder of the critical laws of marriage.

If we accept our marital roles and keep praying, you will see how things will change in no time.

You don’t need to get frustrated because things aren’t working.

You don’t need to panic that a divorce is on its way.

Trust in the lord, and he will heal and strengthen your marriage.

I have put together bible verses to strengthen your struggling marriage.

Read and be blessed.

Bible verses to strengthen a struggling marriage

Ephesians 5:28.

Ephesians 4:2.

² Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

The good news

How else can you find strength in marital difficulties?

How else can you heal a failing marriage?

You need God’s love to flow into your marriage.

And you need to be ready to love your partner as yourself.

If we submit ourselves and become humble, our marriage will blossom with love and peace.

There is no reason to feel too proud in your marriage.

Why are you proud and selfish?

Why do you feel everything depends on you?

Why not give love a chance t help you heal?

To heal a struggling marriage, we must learn to be humble.

We all have our differences and issues with our marriages.

But we must learn to understand each other’s weaknesses and not use them against each other.

No one is perfect, and we must all make mistakes.

This is why we must be humble and talk to each other respectfully.

We must learn to bear each other in love and be patient when there are issues in our marriage.

Don’t be too quick to call for a divorce.

Don’t be too quick to cause a quarrel.

But be humble and patient, allowing God to intervene to strengthen your struggling marriage.

Ephesians 5:25.

Matthew 6:14-15.

¹⁴ For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

The good news

There are many issues in every struggling marriage.

But it all starts with forgiveness.

If you forgive and let go, you can unite and move forward.

Let go of all hurt and disappointment to give you the strength you need.

Finding strength in an unhappy marriage is impossible if you don’t forgive.

Finding peace is impossible if you don’t forgive each other.

This is why we must ask God for a forgiving heart.

We need a heart that can deal with pain.

We need a heart that can stay strong in times of marital fighting.

We need a heart that will quickly forgive and let go despite our reservations.

So, we must depend on God to help us with our troubles.

This bible verse reminds us of our responsibility on earth.

We must forgive those who hurt us if we want God also to pardon our iniquities.

Since we are sinners, we have no choice but to forgive others that hurt us.

If we don’t, God will not pardon us, and we will be guilty of our transgressions.

Fixing a struggling marriage start with forgiveness. So, forgive and let go.

Proverbs 3:5.

Trust in the Lord with all your heartand lean not on your own understanding;

This is one bible verse that you meditate with in trying times.

When you are weak and have no one to turn to, you must trust God to help you.

In times of marital troubles, your first approach shouldn’t be discussing your issues with your friend or family.

But your first approach is to seek God for solutions beyond you.

When we seek God, he is ever ready to help us.

When we lean on God, he will give us the wisdom to overcome our trials.

There are many people who seek the opinions of their friends in a turbulent marriage.

Or they ask for opinions on how to deal with issues in their marriage.

The truth is, most time, the best solutions come from within.

And God is the only one to give us the wisdom to heal and overcome.

So, don’t lean on yourself.

Don’t trust others to help you in times of need.

Talk to God in prayers and ask for strength when you are hurt.

When we depend on God, he will help us overcome all our trials.

Romans 15:1-2.

Genesis 2:21-24.

²¹ So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs^[a] and then closed up the place with flesh. ²² Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib^[b] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

²³ The man said, “This is now bone of my bonesand flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’for she was taken out of man.” ²⁴ That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

How can one fight with his flesh?

How can you struggle with a part of yourself?

Can you hurt your right hand because the left is in pain?

Each time you face challenges in your marriage, this bible verse should give you the strength you need.

Marriage is not an ordinary event we must joke about.

It is a divine arrangement from God to unite people in love.

The woman was formed from a part of the man.

So, they are indivisible because they are one flesh.

So, why hurt your own flesh?

When we fight in our marriages, we do not fully grasp the concept of one flesh.

We do not see things from the perspective that we are both parts of the same body.

So, stop fighting and start reconnecting with your partner.

Make every effort to make peace, and God will give you the strength you need.

You can’t fight with your own flesh, so ask God to restore love in your marriage.

1 Corinthians 7:10.

¹⁰ To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

This is one bible verse that must sink in turbulent times.

We must understand that marriage is inseparable.

We cannot just wake up and decide we are tired of our marriage.

Can we separate our heads from our bodies?

Can we separate our abdomen from our legs?

Since we are one flesh, there are no options for divorce in marriage.

I have been in a similar position in the past.

In the first few months after marriage, we both got tired because of the multiple issues we were dealing with.

But in all our fighting, we knew that divorce was never an option.

We knew we must return to the drawing board and look for common grounds for our problems.

So, don’t consider divorce an option but believe God will heal your marriage.

Psalm 37:5.

Commit your way to the Lord;trust in him and he will do this:

In times of trouble, we must commit our marriage to God.

W must ask for wisdom to say the right words.

We must ask For the strength to overcome our pains and trials.

Commit your marriage to God, and he will act.

Matthew 5:32.

Matthew 19:5.

Luke 16:18.

Jeremiah 17:7-8.

Matthew 19:3-9.

Matthew 19:5.

Colossians 3:13.

Proverbs 28:26.

Ephesians 4:32.

Ephesians 5:31.

Mark 11:25.

Psalm 37:3.

Proverbs 24:29.

Proverbs 20:22.

Romans 12:17-21.

1 Thessalonians 5:15.

Author: Akatakpo DunnDunn is a firm believer and a teacher of God's word. Suffering for Jesus is an attribute of a faithful Christian, and I hope to win new souls to Christ with every chance that I get. Articles are well-researched and backed by the scriptures. Follow me: on Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.