6 Bible Verses about divorce, in OT

Most Relevant Verses

Mark 10:4

And they said, "Moses permitted to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away."

Matthew 19:7

They say to Him, "Why, then, did Moses command to give her a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?"

Matthew 5:31

"And it was said, 'Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement;'

Matthew 19:4-8

And He, answering, said, "Did you not read that He Who made them from the beginning made them 'male and female,' and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?" so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What, therefore, God joined together, let not man put asunder."read more.
They say to Him, "Why, then, did Moses command to give her a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?" He saith to them, "Moses, in view of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it has not been so.

Mark 10:5-9

But Jesus said to them, "Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of the creation, 'Male and female made He them.' For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, [and shall cleave to his wife],read more.
and the two shall become one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh. What, therefore, God joined together, let not man put asunder."

Matthew 19:3

And the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause"

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