6 Bible Verses about divorce, in OT

Most Relevant Verses

Mark 10:4

They said, "Moses permits a man to divorce his wife by drawing up a written divorce-notice."

Matthew 19:7

They said to him, "Then why did Moses command us to draw up a written divorce-notice and give it to her?"

Matthew 5:31

"They were told, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

Matthew 19:4-8

But he answered, "Did you never read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them shall become one'? So they are no longer two but one. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not try to separate."read more.
They said to him, "Then why did Moses command us to draw up a written divorce-notice and give it to her?" He said to them, "It was on account of your perversity that Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but it was not so at the beginning.

Mark 10:5-9

But Jesus said to them, "It was on account of your perversity that he laid down that law for you. But from the beginning of the creation, 'God made them male and female. Therefore a man must leave his father and mother, and he and his wife must become one,'read more.
and so they are no longer two but one. Therefore what God has joined together man must not try to separate."

Matthew 19:3

And some Pharisees came up to him to test him, and they said, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"

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