Love & Relationships
Bible Verses About divorce and separation
19 key scriptures
Discover 19 powerful Bible verses about divorce and separation. Study what Scripture teaches about this essential love & relationships topic.
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| Translation | Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 7:10 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:” |
19 Key Scriptures
“And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:”
“And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.”
Mark 10:2KJV
“But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. to peace: Gr. in peace”
“For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. that he: or, if he hate her, put her away putting: Heb. to put away”
Malachi 2:16KJV
“Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.”
Luke 16:18KJV
“And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.”
Matthew 19:9KJV
“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. house: or, kindred”
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”
Hebrews 13:4KJV
“When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. some: Heb. matter of nakedness divorcement: Heb. cutting off”
“But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.”
Matthew 5:32KJV
“The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.”
“Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”
Matthew 19:6KJV
“It hath been said , Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:”
Matthew 5:31KJV
“And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. residue: or, excellency godly: Heb. seed of God treacherously: or, unfaithfully”
Malachi 2:15KJV
“But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.”
“Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”
“And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,”
Matthew 19:4KJV
“And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;”
Matthew 19:1KJV
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.”
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