14 Bible Verses about Divorce

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Mark 10:11

And he saith to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

Luke 16:18

Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.

Mark 10:12

And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth 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 hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of Divorce. But I say unto you, whosoever shall put away his wife, save for the cause of whoredom, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away, committeth adultery.

Mark 10:11-12

And he saith to them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

Divorce » Why moses allowed divorce

Matthew 19:7-8

They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a writing of divorce and put her away? He saith to them, Because of the hardness of your hearts, Moses suffered you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

Mark 10:2-6

And the Pharisees coming asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? Tempting him. And he answering said to them, What did Moses command you? They said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away. read more.
And Jesus answering said to them, For your hardness of heart he wrote you this precept. But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

Divorce » Forbidden » Except » Adultery

Divorce » Sought on slight grounds

Matthew 5:31

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of Divorce.

Divorce » Law of marriage against

Divorce » Women » Could obtain

Mark 10:12

And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth 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

The married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband. But if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband.

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

Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Matthew 5:31

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of Divorce.

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Luke 16:18

Whosoever putteth away his wife and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed: art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Matthew 5:31

It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of Divorce.

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Mark 10:4

They said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away.

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