What Does the Bible Say About Ending A Relationship?

Psalm 118:8 ESV / 113 helpful votes

It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 106 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 45 helpful votes

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 41 helpful votes

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.

Romans 12:18 ESV / 40 helpful votes

If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.

Matthew 7:1-29 ESV / 30 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. ...

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 24 helpful votes

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...

Proverbs 25:17 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you.

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

1 John 1:8 ESV / 18 helpful votes

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Malachi 3:18 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

Proverbs 25:19 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.

Deuteronomy 7:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes

He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock, in the land that he swore to your fathers to give you.

1 John 2:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

Mark 2:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic—

Matthew 19:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this receive it.”

Job 1:1-22 ESV / 6 helpful votes

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east. His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually. ...

Romans 4:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,

Romans 1:1-7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

John 20:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Genesis 6:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.

23 Bible Verses about Ending A Relationship

Psalm 118:8 ESV / 113 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 106 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 45 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Romans 12:18 ESV / 40 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Matthew 7:1-29 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:17 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 22 helpful votes

1 John 1:8 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Malachi 3:18 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:19 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 7:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 John 2:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Mark 2:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Matthew 19:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Job 1:1-22 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 4:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 20:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 6:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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23 Bible Verses about Ending A Relationship

Psalm 118:8 ESV / 113 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 106 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 45 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 41 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:18 ESV / 40 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:1-29 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 25:17 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 1:8 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Malachi 3:18 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 25:19 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 7:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 2:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 2:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 1:1-22 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 4:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Psalm 118:8 ESV / 113 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:33 ESV / 106 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:6 ESV / 45 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 41 helpful votes

Romans 12:18 ESV / 40 helpful votes

Proverbs 27:17 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Matthew 7:1-29 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:17 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Galatians 6:1 ESV / 22 helpful votes

1 John 1:8 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Malachi 3:18 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Proverbs 25:19 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 7:13 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 John 2:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Mark 2:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Matthew 19:12 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Job 1:1-22 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 4:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 1:1-7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

John 20:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 6:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes