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Bible Verses about “communication in marriage”

The Bible contains 46 verses about communication in marriage across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.

Ephesians 4:29
952 votes

“Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.”

1 Peter 3:3
834 votes

“Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;”

Genesis 2:24
810 votes

“Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.”

Ephesians 5:25
790 votes

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;”

1 Peter 3:4
669 votes

“but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.”

Ephesians 5:33
646 votes

“Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.”

1 Peter 3:7
641 votes

“You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.”

James 1:19
615 votes

“So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;”

Ephesians 5:28
547 votes

“Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.”

Ephesians 5:22
527 votes

“Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.”

Ephesians 5:29
511 votes

“For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;”

James 1:5
480 votes

“But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.”

Genesis 2:18
470 votes

“Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."”

Ephesians 5:31
469 votes

“"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."”

Ephesians 5:23
454 votes

“For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.”

Ephesians 5:26
450 votes

“that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,”

Ephesians 5:27
447 votes

“that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”

Ephesians 5:24
426 votes

“But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.”

Ephesians 5:30
380 votes

“because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.”

1 Peter 3:1
376 votes

“In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don't obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;”

Ephesians 5:32
374 votes

“This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.”

Colossians 3:19
349 votes

“Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.”

1 Peter 3:5
308 votes

“For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:”

1 Peter 3:2
271 votes

“seeing your pure behavior in fear.”

1 Peter 3:8
262 votes

“Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,”

1 Peter 3:6
249 votes

“as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.”

Ephesians 4:15
246 votes

“but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;”

Ephesians 4:25
231 votes

“Therefore, putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.”

1 Peter 3:9
212 votes

“not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.”

Mark 10:9
145 votes

“What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate."”

Mark 10:8
121 votes

“and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.”

Mark 10:7
111 votes

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,”

Mark 10:6
105 votes

“But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.”

Genesis 2:23
93 votes

“The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of Man."”

Genesis 2:25
89 votes

“They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.”

Genesis 2:22
87 votes

“He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.”

Psalms 19:14
83 votes

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.”

Genesis 2:19
80 votes

“Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.”

Genesis 2:20
80 votes

“The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper suitable for him.”

Genesis 2:21
79 votes

“Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.”

Proverbs 14:1
71 votes

“Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.”

Proverbs 25:12
46 votes

“As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.”

Proverbs 25:14
40 votes

“As clouds and wind without rain, so is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.”

Proverbs 25:11
38 votes

“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.”

Proverbs 25:13
26 votes

“As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.”

Proverbs 25:15
10 votes

“By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.”

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