14 Bible Verses about Divorce

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Mark 10:11

And He saith to them, "Whosoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her;

Luke 16:18

"Every one who puts away 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 herself, having put away her husband, 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, 'Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement;' but I say to you, that every one who puts away his wife, except on account of fornication, makes her commit adultery: and whosoever marries her when put away commits adultery.

Mark 10:11-12

And He saith to them, "Whosoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her; and, if she herself, having put away her husband, marries another, she commits adultery."

Divorce » Why moses allowed divorce

Matthew 19:7-8

They say to Him, "Why, then, did Moses command to give her a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?" He saith to them, "Moses, in view of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it has not been so.

Mark 10:2-6

And the Pharisees, corning to Him, were asking 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?" And they said, "Moses permitted to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away." read more.
But Jesus said to them, "Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of the creation, 'Male and female made He them.'

Divorce » Forbidden » Except » Adultery

Divorce » Sought on slight grounds

Matthew 5:31

"And it was said, 'Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement;'

Divorce » Law of marriage against

Divorce » Women » Could obtain

Mark 10:12

and, if she herself, having put away her husband, 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

And to the married I give command??ot I, but the Lord??hat the wife depart not from her husband; but if she even depart, let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled to her husband; and that the husband leave not 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

He saith to them, "Moses, in view of the hardness of your heart, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it has not been so.

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 puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband, commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Have you become bound to a wife? Seek not a release. Have you been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Matthew 5:31

"And it was said, 'Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement;'

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Luke 16:18

"Every one who puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband, commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:27

Have you become bound to a wife? Seek not a release. Have you been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

Matthew 5:31

"And it was said, 'Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement;'

More verses: Jeremiah 3:1 Matthew 19:7

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Matthew 5:31

"And it was said, 'Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement;'

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Mark 10:4

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

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Mark 10:4

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

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