8 Bible Verses about Divorce Permitted
Most Relevant Verses
And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, 'Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'
And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,
When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given it into her hand, and sent her out of his house,
'And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;
They say to him, 'Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?'
and they said, 'Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'
and the latter man hath hated her, and written for her a writing of divorce, and given it into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dieth, who hath taken her to himself for a wife:
He saith to them -- 'Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.
Bible Theasaurus
- Permitted (92 instances)