The Book of Proverbs is packed with wisdom for our lives. We searched and found 10 wisdom principles based on scriptures in proverbs that you can start applying to your marriage today. We encourage you to search the book of proverbs to find more.
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1. Love the one you’re with until you die.
"I do" these two words meant I'm exclusive and only for one person until death parts us. And everyone else is off-limits because we're committed to one person. We will give all of our love, our attention and our affection to this one person. What a beautiful thing! It takes dedication and commitment to share your love with one person. You got this!
Drink water from your own well— share your love only with your wife. ––Proverbs 5:15, NLT
2. Division and discord will cause a strong house to fall.
Fight for unity. You are on the same team. Your spouse is not your enemy.
Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife. ––Proverbs 17:1, NASB
3. A wise wife builds her house upon the right foundation—Jesus Christ.
Decorate your home with insight, intercession, wisdom, love, faith. peace, laughter where your husband can't wait to come home.
The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish tears it down with her own hands. ––Proverbs 14:1, NASB
More scriptures: Proverbs 11:16, 22; 19:13; 21:19; 25:24
4. Husbands are favored by the Lord and warriors in their home.
Guard and protect your family and home from outside intruders.
Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors. ––Proverbs 8:34, NASB
5. When in doubt and in distress, talk with a trusted mentor.
A trusted mentor can help you and your spouse navigate your marriage journey and help you avoid pitfalls. They can give your wise counsel to help you succeed in your marriage.
Without counsel, plans fail, but with many advisers, they succeed. ––Proverbs 15:22, ESV
6. Manage your money and maintain your marriage.
Stats say that arguments and stress about money is the number one reason for divorce. What will happen if you and your spouse were intentional about communicating and managing your marriage each month? Debt is a biggie which causes a lot of stress. Start eliminating your debt today. Check out Dave Ramsey and his baby steps (He helped us pay off our credit cards fo $8000 and our student loan of $17,000).
Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber; save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler. ––Proverbs 6:4-5, NASB
More scriptures: Proverbs 11:28; 15:27; 28:25
7. Speak to build up your spouse.
Your words can damage, destroy, tear down or heal, nourish and build up. The choice is yours in how you will create a healthy atmosphere in your marriage. Will it be one of health, love and encouragement or verbal abuse, sarcasm, and negativity? Choose to speak life!
Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. ––Proverbs 16:24, NASB
More scriptures: Proverbs 18:4,8; 25:11
8. Cherish sex with your spouse.
Sex and romance take work, effort, and a servant's attitude to meet your spouse's needs. You are not just roommates in your marriage, but you're lifetime servant lovers. Sex is so precious between husband and wife that we should run away from adultery like we're in a scary movie.
Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love. ––Proverbs 5:18-20, ESV
More scriptures: Proverbs 6:23-25; 7:1-27
9. Renewed love dispels darkness.
Start a new day with new grace, new mercy, renewed love and new hope for yourself and for your spouse.
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. ––Proverbs 10:12, ESV
More scriptures: Proverbs 17:9
10. Vision for your marriage is a safeguard against detours.
Vision is a must in your marriage, and just like people use maps to get to their desired destination we need guidance and direction from God. Vision in our marriage will cause us to stay focused and not waste a lot of time while accomplishing our God-given purpose and destiny.
Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law. ––Proverbs 29:18, ESV
More scriptures: Proverbs 16:3
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