Bible Verses About Toxic Relationships

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

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

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

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

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.