Matthew 19:8

He *said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.

Genesis 2:24

For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 7:7

Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him entered the ark because of the water of the flood.

Psalm 95:8

Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says the Lord,
“Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths,
Where the good way is, and walk in it;
And you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

They made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 2:13-14

“This is another thing you do: you cover the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answering said to him, “Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he *permitted Him.

Matthew 8:31

The demons began to entreat Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”

Mark 10:5

But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

1 Corinthians 7:6

But this I say by way of concession, not of command.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Matthew 19:8

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Because

Suffered

Matthew 3:15

Matthew 8:31

1 Corinthians 7:6

Bible References

Because

Do not harden your hearts, as at

Meribah,

As in the day of

Massah in the wilderness,

They made their hearts like

flint so that they could not hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.

“This is another thing you do: you cover the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.

But Jesus said to them, “

Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

Suffered

But Jesus answering said to him, “Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he *permitted Him.

The demons began to entreat Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”

But this I say by way of concession, not of command.