Practical Keys to a Great Marraige
Selected Scriptures
Proverbs 18:22 NIV
He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.
1. Be a great forgiver
Proverbs 17:9 NLT
Love prospers when a fault is forgiven,
Proverbs 11:2 NLT
Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 21:9-19 (MSG)
Better to live alone in a tumbledown shack than share a mansion with a nagging (quarrelsome) spouse.
Proverbs 20:3 NIV
It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
- Don't come in hot
Proverbs 15:18 NIV
A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict
- Listen first
James 1:19 NIV
take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry
Proverbs 18:13 MSG
Answering before listening is both stupid and rude.
- Be gentle in your communication
Proverbs 15:1 NIV
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Do not bring up old offenses
Proverbs 17:9 NIV
Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
- Apologize quickly and sincerely
Proverbs 17:9 NLT
Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends.
Ephesians 4:26-27 NIV
Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil.
Proverbs 17:19 NIV
Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.
Matthew 6:14-15 NIV
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
2. Be great at being faithful
Proverbs 3:4 NIV
Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 20:6 NIV
Many claim to have unfailing love, but a faithful person who can find
Matthew 19:4-6 NIV
“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,” and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
- Faithfulness builds boundaries
- Faithfulness builds bridges
3. Have great faith
Proverbs 10:28 ESV
The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
Proverbs 11:23 NIV
The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
