Truth from the Bible about Divorce
(Matthew 5:31-32 KJV)
(31) It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give
her a writing of divorcement: (32) 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 19:3-9 KJV)
(3) 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? (4) And he
answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made {them}
at the beginning made them male and female, (5) And said, For this cause
shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and
they twain shall be one flesh? (6) Wherefore they are no more twain, but
one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put
asunder. (7) They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a
writing of divorcement, and to put her away? (8) 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. (9) 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.
(Mark 10:2-12 KJV)
(2) And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man
to put away {his} wife? tempting him. (3) And he answered and said unto
them, What did Moses command you? (4) And they said, Moses suffered to
write a bill of divorcement, and to put {her} away. (5) And Jesus answered
and said unto them, For 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 cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and
cleave to his wife; (8) And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they
are no more twain, but one flesh. (9) What therefore God hath joined
together, let not man put asunder. (10) And in the house his disciples
asked him again of the same {matter}. (11) And he saith unto them,
Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery
against her. (12) And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be
married to another, she committeth adultery.
(Luke 16:18 KJV)
(18) Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth
adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from {her} husband
committeth adultery.
(1 Corinthians 7:10-17 KJV)
(10) And unto the married I command, {yet} not I, but the Lord, Let not
the wife depart from {her} husband: (11) But and if she depart, let her
remain unmarried, or be reconciled to {her} husband: and let not the
husband put away {his} wife. (12) 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. (13) And the woman which hath an
husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let
her not leave him. (14) 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. (15) 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. (16) For what knowest thou, O
wife, whether thou shalt save {thy} husband? or how knowest thou, O man,
whether thou shalt save {thy} wife? (17) But as God hath distributed to
every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so
ordain I in all churches.
(Deuteronomy 24:1-4 KJV)
(1) 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. (2) And when she is
departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's {wife}. (3) 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; (4) Her former
husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after
that she is defiled; for that {is} abomination before the Lord: and thou
shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee {for}
an inheritance.
(Jeremiah 3:1 KJV)
(1) 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.