6 Bible Verses about divorce, in OT

Most Relevant Verses

Mark 10:4

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

Matthew 19:7

They say to him, Why then did Moses command to give a writing of divorce and put her away?

Matthew 5:31

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

Matthew 19:4-8

And he answering said to them, Have ye not read, that he who made them, made them male and female from the beginning? And said, For this cause a man shall leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.read more.
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 10:5-9

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. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife:read more.
And they twain shall be one flesh; so then they are no more twain but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Matthew 19:3

And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him and saying, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

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