1 Corinthians 7:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

But if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.

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  • 1 Cor 7:10 : 10 And to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord, that a wife should not leave her husband:
  • Deut 22:19 : 19 And they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel; and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
  • Judg 19:2-3 : 2 And his concubine was unfaithful to him and went away to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah and was there for four months. 3 And her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, having his servant with him and a pair of donkeys. She brought him into her father's house, and when the young woman’s father saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD, Where is the certificate of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you have sold yourselves, and for your transgressions your mother is put away.
  • Jer 3:1 : 1 They say, If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, shall he return to her again? Would not that land be greatly defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, says the LORD.
  • Mark 10:2 : 2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? testing him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:8-10
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    8I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

    9But if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

    10And to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord, that a wife should not leave her husband:

  • 1 Cor 7:12-16
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    86%

    12But to the rest I speak, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her.

    13And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, and he is willing to live with her, let her not leave him.

    14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

    15But if the unbeliever departs, let them depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace.

    16For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

  • 1 Cor 7:36-40
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    36But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past the flower of youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he will. He does not sin; let them marry.

    37Nevertheless, he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so determined in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.

    38So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.

    39A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

    40But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    2For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is released from the law of her husband.

    3So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she will be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she is married to another man.

  • 1 Cor 7:27-29
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    27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

    28But even if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Nevertheless, such will have trouble in the flesh, but I spare you.

    29But this I say, brethren, the time is short; so that from now on, even those who have wives should be as though they had none,

  • 1 Cor 7:1-5
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    1Now concerning the things you wrote to me about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

    3Let the husband give to the wife her due affection, and likewise also the wife to the husband.

    4The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.

    5Do not deprive one another, except with consent for a time, to give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

  • Mark 10:11-12
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    11And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

    12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.

  • Deut 24:1-3
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    1When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it comes to pass that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a certificate of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

    2And when she has departed from his house, she may go and be another man's wife.

    3And if the latter husband dislikes her, and writes her a certificate of divorce, and gives it in her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband dies, who took her to be his wife;

  • Mark 10:7-9
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    7For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

    8And the two shall become one flesh: so then they are no longer two, but one flesh.

    9What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

  • Matt 5:31-32
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    31Furthermore it has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce:'

    32But I say to you, that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.

  • Matt 19:9-10
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    9And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.

    10His disciples said to him, If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.

  • 1 Cor 7:32-34
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    32But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

    33But he who is married cares about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

    34There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married cares about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.

  • Matt 19:6-7
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    6Therefore they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

    7They said to him, Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?

  • Num 30:11-12
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    11And her husband heard it and held his peace at her and did not disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand.

    12But if her husband has utterly made them void on the day he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand; her husband has made them void, and the LORD shall forgive her.

  • Luke 16:18
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    18Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.

  • Num 30:6-7
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    72%

    6And if she had a husband when she vowed, or uttered anything out of her lips with which she bound her soul,

    7And her husband heard it and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it, then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she bound her soul shall stand.

  • Num 30:9
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    9But every vow of a widow, and of her who is divorced, by which they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

  • 1 Cor 11:11
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    11Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

  • Exod 21:11
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    11And if he does not do these three things for her, then she shall go out free, without paying money.

  • Deut 20:7
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    7And what man is there who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

  • 1 Cor 7:24
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    24Brethren, let each one remain with God in the state in which he was called.