Matthew 5:31

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

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  • Deut 24:1-4 : 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.
  • 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.
  • Matt 19:7 : 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?
  • Mark 10:2-9 : 2 And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife? 3 And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do? 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. 6 But from the first, male and female made he them. 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.
  • Matt 19:3 : 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?

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  • Matt 5:32-33
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    32But 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.

    33Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

  • Matt 19:3-10
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    3And certain Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, Is it right for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

    4And 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,

    5For 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?

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

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

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

    9And 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.

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

  • Mark 10:7-12
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    7For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

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

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

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

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

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

  • Luke 16:18
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    18Everyone 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.

  • Deut 24:1-4
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    1If 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.

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

    3And 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;

    4Her 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.

  • Mark 10:2-5
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    2And Pharisees came to him, testing him with the question, Is it right for a man to put away his wife?

    3And he said to them in answer, What did Moses say you were to do?

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

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

  • Matt 5:27-30
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    27You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife:

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

    29And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

    30And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
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    10But 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.

  • Eph 5:31
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    31For 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.

  • Num 5:11-13
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    11And the Lord said to Moses,

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

    13By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    2For 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.

    3So 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 5:38
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    38You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

  • Num 5:20
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    20But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:

  • Num 5:29
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    29This is the law for testing a wife who goes with another in place of her husband and becomes unclean;

  • Num 30:9
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    9But if her husband, hearing of it, makes her take it back, then the oath she made and the undertaking she gave without thought will have no force or effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

  • Mal 2:16
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    16For 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.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
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    2But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

  • Matt 15:5
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    5But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

  • John 4:18
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    18You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.

  • Matt 5:21
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    21You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

  • John 8:5
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    5Now in the law Moses gave directions that such women were to be stoned; what do you say about it?

  • Matt 22:25
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    25Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

  • Deut 5:18
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    18Do not be false to the married relation.

  • Luke 20:34
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    34And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;