Grounds For Divorce

For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.

“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’ — read the full passage →

Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband — read the full passage →

For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →

“It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. — read the full passage →

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

But to the rest I—not the Lord—say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her. — read the full passage →

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan. — read the full passage →

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?”

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn’t fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.

“They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and become another man’s, will he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says Yahweh.

Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

Thus says Yahweh, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.”

What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband. — read the full passage →

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” — read the full passage →

This again you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn’t regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand. — read the full passage →

Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

They shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has given a bad name to a virgin of Israel. She shall be his wife. He may not put her away all his days.

Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her. — read the full passage →

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, — read the full passage →

Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

“For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’ — read the full passage →

Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Yahweh. You shall not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.

Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.

Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth.

In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst,

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”

Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

When a man takes a wife and marries her, then it shall be, if she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. — read the full passage →

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

“You shall not commit adultery.

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.” — read the full passage →

But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.

For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” — read the full passage →