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Bible Verses for Marriage and Family

Invite God into the relationships closest to your heart.

Below are 7 verses for marriage and family. Read each one slowly, then use the short note under it to turn the verse into a prayer. You do not need special words. Just be honest with God.

  1. Joshua 24:15b

    “But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

    How to pray it: Dedicate your home to God again today, one person at a time.

  2. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

    “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

    How to pray it: Read it with your name in place of "love," and ask God to grow what is missing.

  3. Ephesians 4:2-3

    “With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”

    How to pray it: Ask God for patience and gentleness in the conversation you are dreading.

  4. Colossians 3:14

    “And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”

    How to pray it: Ask God to help you choose love first in your home today.

  5. Psalm 127:1

    “Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.”

    How to pray it: Ask God to build and guard your family, and let go of trying to do it alone.

  6. Proverbs 22:6

    “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

    How to pray it: Pray for each child or grandchild by name and for the path God has for them.

  7. Isaiah 54:13

    “All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children.”

    How to pray it: Ask God to teach your children Himself and to fill them with His peace.

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