Matthew 19:8

He said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Genesis 7:7

And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

Psalm 95:8

do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says the LORD: "Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'

Zechariah 7:12

They made their hearts diamond-hard lest they should hear the law and the words that the LORD of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 2:13-14

And this second thing you do. You cover the LORD's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented.

Matthew 8:31

And the demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs."

Mark 10:5

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

1 Corinthians 7:6

Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.

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, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
Zechariah 7:12
They made their hearts diamond-hard lest they should hear the law and the words that the LORD of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 2:13
And this second thing you do. You cover the LORD's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.
Mark 10:5
And Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment.

Suffered

Matthew 3:15
But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he consented.
Matthew 8:31
And the demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs."
1 Corinthians 7:6
Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.

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