Malachi 2:16
"For the LORD God of Israel says That He
hates divorce, For it covers one's
garment with violence," Says the LORD of hosts.
"Therefore take heed to
your spirit, That you do not deal treacherously."
Mathew 5
31 "Furthermore it has been said, "Whoever
divorces his wife, let him
give her a certificate of divorce.' 32 But
I say to you that whoever divorces
his wife for any reason except sexual
immorality causes her to commit
adultery; and whoever marries a woman who
is divorced commits adultery.
Matthew 19:7-9
They said to Him, "Why then did Moses command
to give a certificate of
divorce, and to put her away?" He said
to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts,
permitted you to divorce your wives, but from
the beginning it was not so.
And I say to you, whoever divorces his
wife, except for sexual
immorality, and marries another, commits adultery;
and whoever marries her who is divorced commits
adultery."
Mark 10
1 Then He arose from there and came to the
region of Judea by the
other side of the Jordan. And multitudes gathered
to Him again, and as He
was accustomed, He taught them again.
2 The Pharisees came and asked Him, "Is it
lawful for a man to divorce his
wife?" testing Him.
3 And He answered and said to them, "What
did Moses command you?"
4 They said, "Moses permitted a man to write
a certificate of divorce, and
to dismiss her."
5 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Because
of the hardness of your
heart he wrote you this precept. 6 But from
the beginning of the creation,
God "made them male and female.' 7 "For this
reason a man shall leave
his father and mother and be joined to his
wife, 8 and the two shall become
one flesh'; so then they are no longer two,
but one flesh. 9 Therefore
what God has joined together, let not man
separate."
10 In the house His disciples also asked Him
again about the same matter.
11 So He said to them, "Whoever divorces
his wife and marries another
commits adultery against her. 12 And if
a woman divorces her husband and
marries another, she commits adultery."
Luke 16
18 "Whoever divorces his wife and marries
another commits adultery; and
whoever marries her who is divorced from her
husband commits adultery."
1 Corinthians 7
1 Now concerning the things of which you wrote
to me:
It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, because of
sexual immorality, let each man have his own
wife, and let each woman
have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render
to his wife the affection
due her, and likewise also the wife to her
husband. 4 The wife does not
have authority over her own body, but the
husband does. And likewise the
husband does not have authority over his own
body, but the wife does.
5 Do not deprive one another except with consent
for a time, that you may
give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and
come together again so that
Satan does not tempt you because of your lack
of self-control. 6 But I say
this as a concession, not as a commandment.
7 For I wish that all men
were even as I myself. But each one has his
own gift from God, one in this
manner and another in that.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows:
It is good for them if they
remain even as I am; 9 but if they cannot
exercise self-control, let them
marry. For it is better to marry than to burn
with passion.
10 Now to the married I command, yet not
I but the Lord: A wife is not to
depart from her husband. 11 But even if she
does depart, let her remain
unmarried or be reconciled to her husband.
And
a husband is not to divorce
his wife.
12 But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If
any brother has a wife who does
not believe, and she is willing to live with
him, let him not divorce her.
13 And a woman who has a husband who does
not believe, if he is willing to
live with her, let her not divorce him. 14
For the unbelieving husband is
sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving
wife is sanctified by the
husband; otherwise your children would be
unclean, but now they are holy.
15 But if the unbeliever departs, let him
depart; a brother or a sister is not
under bondage in such cases. But God has called
us to peace. 16 For how
do you know, O wife, whether you will save
your husband? Or how do you
know, O husband, whether you will save your
wife?