Verse 16
If thou hatest her, put her away, saith the lorde God of Israel: yet he couereth the iniurie vnder his garment, saith the Lorde of hoastes, and be ye kept in your spirite, and transgresse not.
Referenced Verses
- Matt 5:31-32 : 31 It is saide: whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, let hym geue her a wrytyng of diuorcement. 32 But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer doeth put awaye his wyfe, except it be for fornication, causeth her to commit adultry. And whosoeuer maryeth her that is diuorced, committeth adultry.
- Luke 16:18 : 18 Whosoeuer forsaketh his wyfe, and marieth another, committeth adulterie. And he that maryeth her that is deuorced from her husbande, committeth adulterie also.
- Matt 19:3-9 : 3 The pharisees also came vnto hym, temptyng hym, and saying vnto hym: Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wyfe, for euery cause? 4 He aunswered and sayde vnto them: Haue ye not read, that he which created at the begynnyng, made them male and female, 5 And sayde: For this cause, shall a man leaue father and mother, and shall be knit to his wyfe: and they twayne shall be one fleshe. 6 Wherfore, they are no more twayne, but one fleshe. Let not man therefore put a sunder, that which God hath coupled together. 7 They say vnto hym: why did Moyses then commaunde to geue a writyng of diuorcement, and to put her away? 8 He sayde vnto them: Moyses, because of the hardnes of your heartes, suffred you to put away your wyues: But from the begynnyng it was not so. 9 I say vnto you: whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, except it be for fornication, and maryeth another, committeth adulterie: And who so maryeth her which is diuorced, doth comit adulterie.
- Mark 10:2-9 : 2 And the pharisees came, and asked hym: Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wyfe? temptyng hym. 3 And he aunswered, and sayde vnto them: What did Moyses commaunde you to do? 4 And they sayde: Moyses suffred to write a booke of diuorcement, and to put her away. 5 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto the: For the hardnesse of your heart, he wrote this precept vnto you. 6 But from the begynnyng of the creation, God made them male & female. 7 And sayde for this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and byde by his wyfe: 8 And they twayne shalbe one fleshe. So then are they no more twayne, but one fleshe. 9 Therfore, what God hath coupled together, let not man seperate. 10 And in the house, his disciples asked hym agayne, of the same matter. 11 And he sayth vnto them: Whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe, & maryeth another, committeth adulterie agaynst her. 12 And yf a woman put away her husbande, and be maryed to another, she committeth adulterie.
- Deut 24:1-4 : 1 When a man hath taken a wife and maried her, if she finde no fauour in his eyes, because he hath spyed some vncleannes in her: then let hym wryte her a byll of deuorcement, and put it in her hande, and sende her out of his house: 2 And when she is departed out of his house, let her go and be another mans wyfe. 3 And if the seconde husbande hate her, let him write her also a letter of deuorcement, and put it in her hande, and sende her out of his house: Or if the seconde man dye whiche toke her to wyfe, 4 Her first man whiche sent her away, may not take her agayne to be his wyfe after that she is defiled: For that is abhomination in the sight of the Lorde, and thou shalt not cause the lande to sinne, whiche the Lorde thy God shall geue thee to inherite.
- Prov 28:13 : 13 He that hydeth his sinnes, shall not prosper: but whoso knowledgeth them and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.
- Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus saith the Lorde: Where is the byll of your mothers deuorcement whom I sent away? or who is the vsurer to whom I solde you? Beholde, for your offences are ye solde, and because of your transgression is your mother forsaken.
- Isa 59:6 : 6 Their webbe maketh no cloth, and they may not couer them with their labours: their deedes are the deedes of wickednesse, and the worke of robberie is in their handes.
- Mic 7:2-3 : 2 There is not a godly vpon earth, there is not one righteous among men: they al lye in wayte for blood, and euery man hunteth his brother to death. 3 Yet they say they do wel, when they do euyll: the prince asketh, and the iudge iudgeth for a rewarde, therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule, and so they wrappe it vp.
- Isa 28:20 : 20 For the bed is narrowe and not large, and the couering so small that a man can not winde him selfe vnder it.