Matthew 5:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

It hath bene sayd also, Whosoeuer shall put away his wife, let him giue her a bill of diuorcement.

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  • Deut 24:1-4 : 1 When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, if so be shee finde no fauour in his eyes, because hee hath espyed some filthinesse in her, then let him write her a bill of diuorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she is departed out of his house, & gone her way, and marrie with an other man, 3 And if the latter husband hate her, & write her a letter of diuorcement, & put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or if the latter man die which tooke her to wife: 4 Then her first husband, which sent her away, may not take her againe to be his wife, after that she is defiled: for that is abomination in the sight of the Lord, and thou shalt not cause the land to sinne, which the Lord thy God doeth giue thee to inherite.
  • Jer 3:1 : 1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she goe from him, and become another mans, shall hee returne againe vnto her? Shall not this land be polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many louers: yet turne againe to mee, sayeth the Lord.
  • Matt 19:7 : 7 They said to him, Why did then Moses commaund to giue a bill of diuorcement, and to put her away?
  • Mark 10:2-9 : 2 Then the Pharises came and asked him, if it were lawfull for a man to put away his wife, and tempted him. 3 And he answered, and sayde vnto them, What did Moses commaund you? 4 And they sayd, Moses suffered to write a bill of diuorcement, and to put her away. 5 Then Iesus answered, & sayd vnto them, For the hardnes of your heart he wrote this precept vnto you. 6 But at the beginning of the creation God made them male and female: 7 For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife. 8 And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so that they are no more twaine, but one flesh. 9 Therefore, what God hath coupled together, let not man separate.
  • Matt 19:3 : 3 Then came vnto him the Pharises tempting him, & saying to him, Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wife vpon euery occasion?

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  • Matt 5:32-33
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    32But I say vnto you, whosoeuer shall put away his wife (except it be for fornication) causeth her to commit adulterie: & whosoeuer shal marrie her that is diuorced, committeth adulterie.

    33Againe, ye haue heard that it was sayd to them of old time, Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thine othes to the Lord.

  • Matt 19:3-10
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    3Then came vnto him the Pharises tempting him, & saying to him, Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wife vpon euery occasion?

    4And he answered & sayd vnto them, Haue ye not read, that hee which made them at the beginning, made them male and female,

    5And sayd, For this cause, shal a man leaue father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife, and they which were two shalbe one flesh.

    6Wherefore they are no more twaine, but one flesh. Let not man therefore put asunder that, which God hath coupled together.

    7They said to him, Why did then Moses commaund to giue a bill of diuorcement, and to put her away?

    8He sayd vnto them, Moses, because of the hardnes of your heart, suffered you to put away your wiues: but from the beginning it was not so.

    9I say therefore vnto you, that whosoeuer shall put away his wife, except it be for whoredome, and marry another, committeth adulterie: and whosoeuer marieth her which is diuorced, doeth commit adulterie.

    10Then sayd his disciples to him, If the matter be so betweene man and wife, it is not good to marry.

  • Mark 10:7-12
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    83%

    7For this cause shall man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue vnto his wife.

    8And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so that they are no more twaine, but one flesh.

    9Therefore, what God hath coupled together, let not man separate.

    10And in the house his disciples asked him againe of that matter.

    11And he sayd vnto them, Whosoeuer shal put away his wife and marrie another, committeth adulterie against her.

    12And if a woman put away her husband, & be married to another, she committeth adulterie.

  • Luke 16:18
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    18Whosoeuer putteth away his wife, and marieth another, committeth adulterie: and whosoeuer marieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adulterie.

  • Deut 24:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, if so be shee finde no fauour in his eyes, because hee hath espyed some filthinesse in her, then let him write her a bill of diuorcement, and put it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

    2And when she is departed out of his house, & gone her way, and marrie with an other man,

    3And if the latter husband hate her, & write her a letter of diuorcement, & put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or if the latter man die which tooke her to wife:

    4Then her first husband, which sent her away, may not take her againe to be his wife, after that she is defiled: for that is abomination in the sight of the Lord, and thou shalt not cause the land to sinne, which the Lord thy God doeth giue thee to inherite.

  • Mark 10:2-5
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    79%

    2Then the Pharises came and asked him, if it were lawfull for a man to put away his wife, and tempted him.

    3And he answered, and sayde vnto them, What did Moses commaund you?

    4And they sayd, Moses suffered to write a bill of diuorcement, and to put her away.

    5Then Iesus answered, & sayd vnto them, For the hardnes of your heart he wrote this precept vnto you.

  • Matt 5:27-30
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    27Ye haue heard that it was sayd to them of olde time, Thou shalt not commit adulterie.

    28But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already in his heart.

    29Wherefore if thy right eye cause thee to offend, plucke it out, & cast it from thee: for better it is for thee, that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

    30Also if thy right hand make thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
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    10And vnto ye maried I comand, not I, but ye Lord, Let not ye wife depart from her husband.

    11But and if shee depart, let her remaine vnmaried, or be reconciled vnto her husband, & let not the husband put away his wife.

  • Eph 5:31
    74%

    31For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother, and shall cleaue to his wife, and they twaine shalbe one flesh.

  • Num 5:11-13
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    72%

    11And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

    12Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, If any mans wife turne to euill, and commit a trespasse against him,

    13So that an other man lie with her fleshly, and it bee hid from the eyes of her husbande, and kept close, and yet she be defiled, and there be no witnesse against her, neither she taken with the maner,

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    2For the woman which is in subiection to a man, is bound by the Lawe to the man, while he liueth: but if the man bee dead, shee is deliuered from the lawe of the man.

    3So then, if while the man liueth, she taketh another man, she shalbe called an adulteresse: but if the man be dead, she is free fro the Law, so that shee is not an adulteresse, though shee take another man.

  • Matt 5:38
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    38Ye haue heard that it hath bene sayd, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

  • Num 5:20
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    20But if thou hast turned fro thine husband, and so art defiled, and some man hath lyen with thee beside thine husband,

  • Num 5:29
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    29This is the law of ielousie, when a wife turneth from her husband and is defiled,

  • Num 30:9
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    9(30:10) But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is diuorced (wherewith she hath bound her selfe) shall stand in effect with her.

  • Mal 2:16
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    16If thou hatest her, put her away, sayeth the Lorde God of Israel, yet he couereth the iniurie vnder his garment, saieth the Lord of hosts: therefore keepe your selues in your spirite, and transgresse not.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
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    2Neuertheles, to auoide fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her owne husband.

  • Matt 15:5
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    5But ye say, Whosoeuer shal say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest haue profite,

  • John 4:18
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    18For thou hast had fiue husbands, and he whom thou nowe hast, is not thine husband: that saidest thou truely.

  • Matt 5:21
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    21Ye haue heard that it was sayd vnto them of the olde time, Thou shalt not kill: for whosoeuer killeth shalbe culpable of iudgement.

  • John 8:5
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    5Now Moses in our Law commanded, that such should be stoned: what sayest thou therefore?

  • Matt 22:25
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    25Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto his brother.

  • Deut 5:18
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    18Neither shalt thou commit adulterie.

  • Luke 20:34
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    34Then Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, The children of this world marry wiues, and are married.