8 Bible Verses about Divorce Permitted

Pharisees came to him. They tested him, asking: Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?

Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife? They asked.

When a man marries a woman and later decides he does not love her because he found something he does not like about her he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house.

Again, it was said, 'Whoever gets rid of his wife has to give her a certificate of divorce.'

They asked him: Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, to send her away?

They said: Moses allowed us to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.

If the latter husband turns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife,

He answered: Moses allowed you to send your wives away because of your hardness of heart. It was not allowed from the beginning.