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 with her;

Luke 16:18

Every one that puts away his wife and marries another, commits adultery; and he that marries a woman put away from a husband, commits adultery.

Mark 10:12

and if a woman puts away her husband and marries 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

And it was said, Whoever would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorcement. But I tell you, that whoever puts away his wife, except for adultery, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries her that is put away, commits adultery.

Mark 10:11-12

And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and marries another, commits adultery with her; and if a woman puts away her husband and marries 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 divorcement, and put her away? He said to them, Moses, on account of your hardness of heart, allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

Mark 10:2-6

And the Pharisees came and asked him, to try him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? And he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you? And they said, Moses permitted us to write a bill of divorcement and put her away. read more.
And Jesus said to them, Because of your hardness of heart, he wrote you this ordinance; but from the beginning of creation, he made them male and female.

Divorce » Forbidden » Except » Adultery

Divorce » Sought on slight grounds

Matthew 5:31

And it was said, Whoever would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorcement.

Divorce » Law of marriage against

Divorce » Women » Could obtain

Mark 10:12

and if a woman puts away her husband and marries 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 the married I charge, not I, but the Lord, Let not a wife separate from her husband, and also if she is separated let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to the husband, and let not a husband leave 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

Every one that puts away his wife and marries another, commits adultery; and he that marries a woman put away from a husband, commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Are you bound to a wife, seek not a release; are you released from a wife, seek not a wife.

Matthew 5:31

And it was said, Whoever would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorcement.

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Luke 16:18

Every one that puts away his wife and marries another, commits adultery; and he that marries a woman put away from a husband, commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Are you bound to a wife, seek not a release; are you released from a wife, seek not a wife.

Matthew 5:31

And it was said, Whoever would put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorcement.

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Mark 10:4

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

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Mark 10:4

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

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