# Prayers for marriage Four short prayers for a marriage: to pray for your spouse, after an argument, in a hard season, and together. If you are afraid at home, the help below comes first. Source: https://www.lumin.faith/prayers/marriage. Scripture quotations are from the Lumin Translation. These prayers are not Scripture; each names the passages it draws on. > **If someone is hurting you or you are afraid at home, you can talk to a person now.** > > - United States: Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline on 1-800-799-7233. > - United Kingdom: Call the National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247. > - Australia: Call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732. > - Anywhere else: Find a free line in your country at findahelpline.com. > > If you are in danger right now, call your local emergency number. What was done to you is not your fault, and Scripture does not ask you to stay where you are being harmed. ## Prayers ### For my spouse For your husband or wife. Say their name. > Lord, thank you for [name]. Bless their work, their health and their heart today. Help me love them the way you love: patient and kind, not keeping score. Show me one way to serve them today. Amen. Draws on [1 Corinthians 13:4-5](https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-corinthians/13#4-5) and [Ephesians 5:25](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ephesians/5#25). ### After a fight When you are both still sore. > God, we hurt each other. Show me my part before I name theirs. Soften my words. Help us forgive each other as you have forgiven us, and don’t let the sun go down on this. Amen. Draws on [Ephesians 4:26](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ephesians/4#26) and [Colossians 3:13](https://www.lumin.faith/read/colossians/3#13). ### When it is struggling When you feel far apart. > Father, our marriage is tired. We are far from each other, and I don’t know how to get back. Do what we cannot do. Bring us wise help and the humility to accept it. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken, so be the third strand. Amen. Draws on [Ecclesiastes 4:12](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ecclesiastes/4#12) and [Psalm 127:1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/127#1). ### To pray together Out loud, the two of you. Short enough for every night. > Lord, thank you for each other. Keep us kind, keep us honest, and keep us close to you. Forgive us where we failed today. Bless our home. Amen. Draws on [Psalm 127:1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/127#1) and [Ephesians 4:32](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ephesians/4#32). ## Bible verses for marriage - **[1 Corinthians 13:4-7](https://www.lumin.faith/read/1-corinthians/13#4-7)**: “Love is patient; it is kind. Love does not envy; love does not brag; it is not puffed up. It does not behave disgracefully, it does not pursue its own advantage, it is not quick to anger, it does not keep an account of wrongs. It takes no delight in injustice, but shares the joy of the truth. It bears everything, believes everything, hopes everything, endures everything.” Love is patient, love is kind. - **[Ecclesiastes 4:12](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ecclesiastes/4#12)**: “And though someone might overpower one person, two can stand against him. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. - **[Ephesians 4:32](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ephesians/4#32)**: “Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving each other just as God also forgave you in Christ.” Be kind to one another, forgiving each other. - **[Colossians 3:14](https://www.lumin.faith/read/colossians/3#14)**: “Over all these, put on love, which is the bond of completeness.” Put on love, which binds everything together. - **[Psalm 127:1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/psalm/127#1)**: “Unless Yahweh builds the house, its builders labor over it in vain. Unless Yahweh guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.” Unless the Lord builds the house… More: [What the Bible says about marriage](https://www.lumin.faith/what-the-bible-says-about/marriage). ## Questions ### What if my marriage is not safe? Praying for a marriage never means staying where you are being harmed. Scripture does not ask you to accept abuse. If you are afraid of your husband, wife or partner, call one of the lines above, or your local emergency number if you are in danger now. ### Can I change the words of these prayers for marriage? Yes. They are a place to start, not a formula. Use your own words, add names, or pray just one line. God hears the prayer, not the wording. ### Who wrote these prayers? Lumin wrote them from the passages named under each prayer. They are not Scripture. Every reference is checked against the Bible text each time the site is built. The verses are quoted from the Lumin Translation, so you can open each one and read it in context.