Bible Verses About Divorced
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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.
Scripture Passages
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
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.
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
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.
But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
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.
If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
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