Matthew 19:9
Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”
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- Matt 5:32 : 32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
- 1 Cor 7:39 : 39 A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes(only someone in the Lord).
- Luke 16:18 : 18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
- 1 Cor 7:10-13 : 10 To the married I give this command– not I, but the Lord– a wife should not divorce a husband 11 (but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife. 12 To the rest I say– I, not the Lord– if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her. 13 And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.
- Jer 3:8 : 8 She also saw that, because of wayward Israel’s adulterous worship of other gods, I sent her away and gave her divorce papers. But still her unfaithful sister Judah was not afraid, and she too went and gave herself like a prostitute to other gods.
- Ezek 16:8 : 8 “‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.
- Ezek 16:15 : 15 “‘But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his.
- Ezek 16:29 : 29 Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, but you were not satisfied there either.
- Mark 10:11-12 : 11 So he told them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
- Gen 12:18-19 : 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said,“What is this you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife? 19 Why did you say,‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
- Gen 20:3 : 3 But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him,“You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife.”
- Jer 3:1 : 1 “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man’s wife, he may not take her back again. Doing that would utterly defile the land. But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. So what makes you think you can return to me?” says the LORD.
- Rom 7:2-3 : 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage. 3 So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.
- 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 Church Discipline It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father’s wife.
- 1 Cor 7:4 : 4 It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.
- 2 Chr 21:11 : 11 He also built high places on the hills of Judah; he encouraged the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the LORD and led Judah away from the LORD.
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- Mark 10:7-126 verses90%
7 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,
8 and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10 In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.
11 So he told them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.
12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”
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18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.
- Matt 5:31-322 verses89%
31 Divorce“It was said,‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’
32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
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10 The disciples said to him,“If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”
- Matt 19:3-86 verses81%
3 Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked,“Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”
4 He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,
5 and said,‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
7 They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”
8 Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.
- 1 Cor 7:8-125 verses74%
8 To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.
9 But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.
10 To the married I give this command– not I, but the Lord– a wife should not divorce a husband
11 (but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.
12 To the rest I say– I, not the Lord– if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.
- Deut 24:1-44 verses74%
1 If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something indecent in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.
2 When she has left him she may go and become someone else’s wife.
3 If the second husband rejects her and then divorces her, gives her the papers, and evicts her from his house, or if the second husband who married her dies,
4 her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the LORD. You must not bring guilt on the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- Rom 7:2-32 verses73%
2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.
3 So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.
- Matt 5:27-282 verses73%
27 Adultery“You have heard that it was said,‘Do not commit adultery.’
28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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14 “You shall not commit adultery.
- Mark 10:4-52 verses72%
4 They said,“Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.”
5 But Jesus said to them,“He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.
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2 Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked,“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
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16 “I hate divorce,” says the LORD God of Israel,“and the one who is guilty of violence,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful.”
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10 If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
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18 You must not commit adultery.
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34 So Jesus said to them,“The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.
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2 But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.
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4 Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
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18 “Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied,“Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,
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1 “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man’s wife, he may not take her back again. Doing that would utterly defile the land. But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. So what makes you think you can return to me?” says the LORD.
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12 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘If any man’s wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him,
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31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.
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22 Look! I am throwing her onto a bed of violent illness, and those who commit adultery with her into terrible suffering, unless they repent of her deeds.
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20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you….”
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27 The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.
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29 So it is with the one who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.
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29 And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
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20 Lying with a Slave Woman“‘When a man goes to bed with a woman for intercourse, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free.
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5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.