Deserted Wives

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.

Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. — read the full passage →

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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.

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. — read the full passage →

For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. — read the full passage →

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. — read the full passage →

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

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.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? — read the full passage →

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

Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. — read the full passage →

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, — read the full passage →

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: — read the full passage →

For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. — read the full passage →

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — read the full passage →

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. — read the full passage →

And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; — read the full passage →

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? — read the full passage →

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. — read the full passage →

And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? — read the full passage →

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. — read the full passage →

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. — read the full passage →

I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. — read the full passage →

For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. — read the full passage →

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: — read the full passage →

Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; — read the full passage →

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. — read the full passage →

For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. — read the full passage →

But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. — read the full passage →

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage.

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. — read the full passage →

And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; — read the full passage →

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; — read the full passage →

The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. — read the full passage →

My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction: — read the full passage →

The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. — read the full passage →

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. — read the full passage →

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. — read the full passage →

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. — read the full passage →

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. — read the full passage →

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. — read the full passage →

And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation. — read the full passage →

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. — read the full passage →

Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake. — read the full passage →

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. — read the full passage →

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. — read the full passage →

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. — read the full passage →

But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you.

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. — read the full passage →

For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: — read the full passage →

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. — read the full passage →

And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.

And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? — read the full passage →

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: — read the full passage →

I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. — read the full passage →

The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? — read the full passage →

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. — read the full passage →

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. — read the full passage →

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

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. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. — read the full passage →

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.