14 Bible Verses about Divorce

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Mark 10:11

So he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

Luke 16:18

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Mark 10:12

And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, 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 also been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' But I say to you that every one who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to become an adulteress; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Mark 10:11-12

So he said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

Divorce » Why moses allowed divorce

Matthew 19:7-8

They said to him, "Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?" He said to them, "Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Mark 10:2-6

The Pharisees came and in order to test him asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away." read more.
But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.'

Divorce » Forbidden » Except » Adultery

Divorce » Sought on slight grounds

Matthew 5:31

"It has also been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'

Divorce » Law of marriage against

Divorce » Women » Could obtain

Mark 10:12

And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, 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

To the married I give charge, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce 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

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

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage.

Matthew 5:31

"It has also been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Luke 16:18

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek marriage.

Matthew 5:31

"It has also been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.'

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Mark 10:4

They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away."

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Mark 10:4

They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away."

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