Matthew 19:8

He said to them, “Because your hearts were hard and stubborn 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 shall 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 to escape the flood waters.

Psalm 95:8


Do not harden your hearts and become spiritually dull as at Meribah [the place of strife],
And as at Massah [the place of testing] in the wilderness,

Jeremiah 6:16


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

Zechariah 7:12

They made their hearts [hard] 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 [your own] weeping and sighing, because the Lord no longer regards your offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus replied to him, “Permit it just now; for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John permitted [it and baptized] Him.

Matthew 8:31

The demons began begging Him, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

Mark 10:5

But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of hearts [your callousness and insensitivity toward your wives and the provision of God] he wrote you this precept.

1 Corinthians 7:6

But I am saying this as a concession, not as a command.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

Because

Psalm 95:8

Do not harden your hearts and become spiritually dull as at Meribah [the place of strife],
And as at Massah [the place of testing] in the wilderness,
Zechariah 7:12
They made their hearts [hard] 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
This is another thing you do: you cover the altar of the Lord with tears, with [your own] weeping and sighing, because the Lord no longer regards your offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.
Mark 10:5
But Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of hearts [your callousness and insensitivity toward your wives and the provision of God] he wrote you this precept.

Suffered

Matthew 3:15
But Jesus replied to him, “Permit it just now; for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John permitted [it and baptized] Him.
Matthew 8:31
The demons began begging Him, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
1 Corinthians 7:6
But I am saying this as a concession, not as a command.