Domestic violence is narrowly defined as an act or threatened act of violence upon someone with whom the perpetrator is or has previously been in intimate relationship. The term domestic violence often brings to mind the concept of the “battered wife” or perhaps a married couple’s verbal argument escalating into physical assault.
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. | Proverbs 10:6
For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions. | 2 Timothy 3:6
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. | Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart. | Colossians 3:21
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. | Colossians 3:19
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. | Ephesians 5:33
Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. | Colossians 3:19
Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions. | 2 Timothy 3:5-6
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. | Psalms 72:14
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. | Ephesians 5:25
It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman. | Proverbs 21:19
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. | James 1:26
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. | Psalms 140:12
It is better to live in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman. | Proverbs 25:24
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. | Ephesians 4:29
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. | 1 Peter 3:7
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. | Ephesians 4:31
Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man. | Proverbs 22:24
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. | James 3:10
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. | Psalms 11:5
The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. | Proverbs 10:11
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men. | Psalm 140:1
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. | Psalms 9:9
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees. | Hebrews 12:12
Domestic violence hurts the heart of God. He is not unmoved by its victims, nor has He abandoned them. His plan for human relationships—particularly those among family—is a beautiful depiction of who He is.