14 Bible Verses about Divorce

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Mark 10:11

He replied, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman, commits adultery against the first wife;

Luke 16:18

Every man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and he who marries her when so divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Mark 10:12

and if a woman puts away 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 was also said, 'If any man puts away his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.' But I tell you that every man who puts away his wife except on the ground of unfaithfulness causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries her when so divorced commits adultery.

Mark 10:11-12

He replied, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman, commits adultery against the first wife; and if a woman puts away her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

Divorce » Why moses allowed divorce

Matthew 19:7-8

"Why then," said they, "did Moses command the husband to give her 'a written notice of divorce,' and so put her away?" "Moses," He replied, "in consideration of the hardness of your nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not been so from the beginning.

Mark 10:2-6

Presently a party of Pharisees come to Him with the question--seeking to entrap Him, "May a man divorce his wife?" "What rule did Moses lay down for you?" He answered. "Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away." read more.
"It was in consideration of your stubborn hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses enacted this law for you; but from the beginning of the creation the rule was, 'Male and female did God make them.

Divorce » Forbidden » Except » Adultery

Divorce » Sought on slight grounds

Matthew 19:3

Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?"

Matthew 5:31

"It was also said, 'If any man puts away his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.'

Divorce » Law of marriage against

Divorce » Women » Could obtain

Mark 10:12

and if a woman puts away 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

But to those already married my instructions are--yet not mine, but the Lord's--that a wife is not to leave her husband; or if she has already left him, let her either remain as she is or be reconciled to him; and that a husband is not to send 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

"Moses," He replied, "in consideration of the hardness of your nature permitted you to put away your wives, but it has not been so from the beginning.

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 man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and he who marries her when so divorced from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.

Matthew 5:31

"It was also said, 'If any man puts away his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.'

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Luke 16:18

Every man who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and he who marries her when so divorced from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.

Matthew 5:31

"It was also said, 'If any man puts away his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.'

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

Topics on Divorce

Actual Divorces

Matthew 1:19

But Joseph her husband, being a kind-hearted man and unwilling publicly to disgrace her, had determined to release her privately from the betrothal.

Bills Of Divorce

Matthew 5:31

"It was also said, 'If any man puts away his wife, let him give her a written notice of divorce.'

Certificate of divorce

Mark 10:4

"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away."

Divorce Permitted

Matthew 19:3

Then came some of the Pharisees to Him to put Him to the proof by the question, "Has a man a right to divorce his wife whenever he chooses?"

divorce, in OT

Mark 10:4

"Moses," they said, "permitted a man to draw up a written notice of divorce, and to send his wife away."

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