Promises for relationships
Proverbs
18:22 – ‘He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favour
from the Lord.’
Proverbs
31:10-31 – ‘Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above
rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have
no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her
life.’
Matthew 19:4-6 – ‘And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘for this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So then, they no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate. “’
Hebrews
13:4 – ‘Marriage is honourable among all, and the bed undefiled; but
fornicators and adulterers God will judge.’
Proverbs
12:4 – ‘An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who
causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.’
Psalms
128:3,4 – ‘Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart
of your house, your children like olive plants all around your
table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord.’
Deuteronomy 8:18 – ‘And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it
is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His
covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.’
Proverbs
3:5-10 – ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on
your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He
shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the
Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh and
strength to your bones. Honour the Lord with your possessions, and
with the firstfruits of all your increase; so your barns will be
filled will be plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.’
Deuteronomy 28:8 – ‘The Lord will command the blessing on you in
your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will
bless you in the land which the Lord your God has given you.’
Matthew 6:33 – ‘Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.’
Psalm
128:2 – ‘When you eat the labour of your hands, you shall be happy,
and it shall be well with you.’
Psalm
1:1-3 – ‘Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of
the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His
law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by
the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season,
whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall
prosper.’
2 Peter
3:9 – ‘The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count
slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any
should perish but that all should come to repentance.’
Matthew 5:14-16 – ‘You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.’
Matthew 18:4 – ‘Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.’
Acts
16:31 – ‘So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you
will be saved, you and your household.”’
Isaiah
44:3 – ‘For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on
the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, and My
blessing on your offspring.’
1 Peter
3:1,2,7 – ‘Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that
even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won
by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste conduct
accompanied by fear.’