14 Bible Verses about Divorce

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Mark 10:11

And he said: "Any one who divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of adultery against his wife;

Luke 16:18

Every one who divorces his wife and marries another woman is an adulterer, and the man who marries a divorced woman is an adulterer.

Mark 10:12

And, if the woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she is guilty of 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 was also said--'Let any one who divorces his wife serve her with a notice of separation.' I, however, say to you that any one who divorces his wife, except on the ground of her unchastity, leads to her committing adultery; while any one who marries her after her divorce is guilty of adultery.

Mark 10:11-12

And he said: "Any one who divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of adultery against his wife; And, if the woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she is guilty of adultery."

Divorce » Why moses allowed divorce

Matthew 19:7-8

"Why, then," they said, "did Moses direct that a man should 'serve his wife with a notice of separation and divorce her'?" "Moses, owing to the hardness of your hearts," answered Jesus, "permitted you to divorce your wives, but that was not so at the beginning.

Mark 10:2-6

Presently some Pharisees came up and, to test him, asked: "Has a husband the right to divorce his wife?" "What direction did Moses give you?" replied Jesus. "Moses," they said, "permitted a man to 'draw up in writing a notice of separation and divorce his wife.'" read more.
"It was owing to the hardness of your hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses gave you this direction; But, at the beginning of the Creation, God 'made them male and female.'

Divorce » Forbidden » Except » Adultery

Divorce » Sought on slight grounds

Matthew 5:31

It was also said--'Let any one who divorces his wife serve her with a notice of separation.'

Divorce » Law of marriage against

Divorce » Women » Could obtain

Mark 10:12

And, if the woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she is guilty of 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 those who are married my direction is-yet it is not mine, but the Master's-that a woman is not to leave her husband (If she has done so, let her remain as she is, or else be reconciled to her husband) and also that a man is not to 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

Every one who divorces his wife and marries another woman is an adulterer, and the man who marries a divorced woman is an adulterer.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Are you married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for a wife.

Matthew 5:31

It was also said--'Let any one who divorces his wife serve her with a notice of separation.'

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Luke 16:18

Every one who divorces his wife and marries another woman is an adulterer, and the man who marries a divorced woman is an adulterer.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Are you married to a wife? Then do not seek to be separated. Are you separated from a wife? Then do not seek for a wife.

Matthew 5:31

It was also said--'Let any one who divorces his wife serve her with a notice of separation.'

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Matthew 1:19

Her husband, Joseph, was a religious man and, being unwilling to expose her to contempt, resolved to put an end to their betrothal privately.

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Mark 10:4

"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to 'draw up in writing a notice of separation and divorce his wife.'"

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Mark 10:4

"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to 'draw up in writing a notice of separation and divorce his wife.'"

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