14 Bible Verses about Divorce

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Mark 10:11

Whosoever may send away his wife, and marry another, commits adultery unto her.

Luke 16:18

Every one sending away his wife, and marrying another, commits adultery; and the one marrying her who has been sent away by her husband commits adultery.

Mark 10:12

And if she having sent away her husband, may marry another, she commits adultery.

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Divorce » Forced on those who had idolatrous wives

Divorce » Those who get divorced and remarry again

Matthew 5:31-32

And it was said, Whosoever may send away his wife, let him give her a divorcement. But I say unto you, that every one sending away his wife, except on account of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever may marry her who has been cast off commits adultery.

Mark 10:11-12

Whosoever may send away his wife, and marry another, commits adultery unto her. And if she having sent away her husband, may marry another, she commits adultery.

Divorce » Why moses allowed divorce

Matthew 19:7-8

They say to Him, Then why did Moses command to give a book of divorcement, and to send her away? He says to them, Moses on account of the hardness of your heart permitted you to send away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Mark 10:2-6

And the Pharisees having come forward asked Him, If it is lawful for a man to send away his wife? tempting Him. And He responding said to them, What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses permitted to write a book of divorcement, and to send her away. read more.
Jesus said to them, On account of the hardness of your heart he wrote this commandment to you. But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.

Divorce » Forbidden » Except » Adultery

Divorce » Sought on slight grounds

Divorce » Law of marriage against

Divorce » Women » Could obtain

Mark 10:12

And if she having sent away her husband, may marry another, she commits adultery.

Divorce » Illustrative of God's casting off of the jewish church

Divorce » Of servants, regulated by law

Divorce » Women » Afflicted by

Divorce » Figurative

Divorce » Often sought by the jews

Divorce » Not getting divorced

1 Corinthians 7:10-11

But I proclaim to those who have married, not I, but the Lord, That a wife shall not depart from her husband (but if indeed she may depart, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled unto her husband); and that the husband shall not send away the wife.

Divorce » Not allowed to those who falsely accused their wives

Divorce » Of captives, regulated by law

Divorce » Women » Married after, could not return to first husband

Divorce » The requirements of divorcement

Divorce » Permitted » By the mosaic law

Divorce » Women » Could marry after

Divorce » Priests not to marry women after

Divorce » Jews condemned for love of

Divorce » Prohibition of, offended the jews

Divorce » Permitted » On account of hardness of heart

Divorce » Women » Responsible for vows after

Divorce » Disobedience of the wife to the husband, a sufficient cause for, in the persian empire

Foes of the home » Polygamy » Divorce

Luke 16:18

Every one sending away his wife, and marrying another, commits adultery; and the one marrying her who has been sent away by her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Have you been given to a wife? do not seek separation; have you been separated from a wife? do not seek a wife.

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Luke 16:18

Every one sending away his wife, and marrying another, commits adultery; and the one marrying her who has been sent away by her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Have you been given to a wife? do not seek separation; have you been separated from a wife? do not seek a wife.

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Mark 10:4

And they said, Moses permitted to write a book of divorcement, and to send her away.

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Mark 10:4

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