Matthew 19:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.

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  • Matt 5:32 : 32 But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.
  • 1 Cor 7:39 : 39 It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.
  • Luke 16:18 : 18 Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.
  • 1 Cor 7:10-13 : 10 But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband 11 (Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife. 12 But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.
  • Jer 3:8 : 8 And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.
  • Ezek 16:8 : 8 Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.
  • Ezek 16:15 : 15 But you put your faith in the fact that you were beautiful, acting like a loose woman because you were widely talked of, and offering your cheap love to everyone who went by, whoever it might be.
  • Ezek 16:29 : 29 And you went on in your loose ways, even as far as the land of Chaldaea, and still you had not enough.
  • Mark 10:11-12 : 11 And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife; 12 And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.
  • Gen 12:18-19 : 18 Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.
  • Gen 20:3 : 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.
  • Jer 3:1 : 1 They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.
  • Rom 7:2-3 : 2 For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband. 3 So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.
  • 1 Cor 7:4 : 4 The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.
  • 2 Chr 21:11 : 11 And more than this, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, teaching the people of Jerusalem to go after false gods, and guiding Judah away from the true way.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 10:7-12
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    90%

    7 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

    8 And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

    9 Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.

    10 And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

    11 And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;

    12 And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.

  • Luke 16:18
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    18 Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.

  • Matt 5:31-32
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    89%

    31 Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose:

    32 But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

  • Matt 19:10
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    10 The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

  • Matt 19:3-8
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    3 And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

    4 And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

    5 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

    6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

    7 They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?

    8 He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

  • 1 Cor 7:8-12
    5 verses
    74%

    8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

    9 But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

    10 But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

    11 (Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

    12 But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.

  • Deut 24:1-4
    4 verses
    74%

    1 If a man takes a wife, and after they are married she is unpleasing to him because of some bad quality in her, let him give her a statement in writing and send her away from his house.

    2 And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.

    3 And if the second husband has no love for her and, giving her a statement in writing, sends her away; or if death comes to the second husband to whom she was married;

    4 Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

    3 So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    73%

    27 You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

    28 But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

  • Exod 20:14
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    14 Do not be false to the married relation.

  • Mark 10:4-5
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    72%

    4 And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.

    5 But Jesus said to them, Because of your hard hearts he gave you this law.

  • Mark 10:2
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    2 And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?

  • Mal 2:16
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    16 For I am against the putting away of a wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and against him who is clothed with violent acts, says the Lord of armies: so give thought to your spirit and do not be false in your acts.

  • Lev 20:10
    71%

    10 And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

  • Deut 5:18
    71%

    18 Do not be false to the married relation.

  • Luke 20:34
    70%

    34 And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    70%

    2 But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

  • Heb 13:4
    70%

    4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

  • Matt 19:18
    69%

    18 He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

  • Jer 3:1
    69%

    1 They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.

  • Num 5:12
    69%

    12 Say to the children of Israel, If any man's wife does wrong, sinning against him

  • Eph 5:31
    68%

    31 For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

  • Rev 2:22
    68%

    22 See, I will put her into a bed, and those who make themselves unclean with her, into great trouble, if they go on with her works.

  • Num 5:20
    68%

    20 But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:

  • 1 Cor 7:27
    68%

    27 If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

  • Prov 6:29
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    29 So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.

  • Matt 19:29
    68%

    29 And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

  • Lev 19:20
    68%

    20 If any man has sex relations with a servant-woman who has given her word to be married to a man, and has not been made free for a price or in any other way, the thing will be looked into; but they will not be put to death because she was not a free woman.

  • 1 Cor 7:5
    68%

    5 Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.