14 Bible Verses about Divorce

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Mark 10:11

And he said to them: Whoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her;

Luke 16:18

Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her that is divorced, commits adultery.

Mark 10:12

and if a woman puts away her husband, and is married to another, she commits adultery.

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Divorce » Forced on those who had idolatrous wives

Divorce » Those who get divorced and remarry again

Matthew 5:31-32

It has been said: Whoever will put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce. But I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, unless on account of lewdness, causes her to commit adultery: and whoever marries her that is divorced, commits adultery.

Mark 10:11-12

And he said to them: Whoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her; and if a woman puts away her husband, and is married to another, she commits adultery.

Divorce » Why moses allowed divorce

Matthew 19:7-8

They said to him: Why, then, did Moses command us to give a bill of divorce and put her away? He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

Mark 10:2-6

And the Pharisees came to him, and that they might tempt him, asked him the question: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? He answered and said to them: What commandment did Moses give you? They replied: Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorce, and put her away. read more.
And Jesus answered and said to them: On account of the hardness of your hearts, he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.

Divorce » Forbidden » Except » Adultery

Divorce » Sought on slight grounds

Divorce » Law of marriage against

Divorce » Women » Could obtain

Mark 10:12

and if a woman puts away her husband, and is married to another, she commits adultery.

Divorce » Illustrative of God's casting off of the jewish church

Divorce » Of servants, regulated by law

Divorce » Women » Afflicted by

Divorce » Figurative

Divorce » Often sought by the jews

Divorce » Not getting divorced

1 Corinthians 7:10-11

But to the married I give commandment, not I, but the Lord: Let not the wife leave her husband: but if she leave him, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and, let not the husband put away his wife.

Divorce » Not allowed to those who falsely accused their wives

Divorce » Of captives, regulated by law

Divorce » Women » Married after, could not return to first husband

Divorce » The requirements of divorcement

Divorce » Permitted » By the mosaic law

Divorce » Women » Could marry after

Divorce » Priests not to marry women after

Divorce » Jews condemned for love of

Divorce » Prohibition of, offended the jews

Divorce » Permitted » On account of hardness of heart

Matthew 19:8

He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

Divorce » Women » Responsible for vows after

Divorce » Disobedience of the wife to the husband, a sufficient cause for, in the persian empire

Foes of the home » Polygamy » Divorce

Luke 16:18

Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her that is divorced, commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Are you bound to a wife? Seek not a separation. Are you loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Luke 16:18

Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her that is divorced, commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Are you bound to a wife? Seek not a separation. Are you loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Mark 10:4

They replied: Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorce, and put her away.

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Mark 10:4

They replied: Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorce, and put her away.

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