Matthew 5:31

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Divorce“It was said,‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’

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  • Deut 24:1-4 : 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.
  • 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.
  • Matt 19:7 : 7 They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”
  • Mark 10:2-9 : 2 Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked,“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” 3 He answered them,“What did Moses command you?” 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. 6 But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female. 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.”
  • Matt 19:3 : 3 Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked,“Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

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  • Matt 5:32-33
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    89%

    32But 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.

    33Oaths“Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation,‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

  • Matt 19:3-10
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    3Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked,“Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

    4He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,

    5and 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’?

    6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

    7They said to him,“Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?”

    8Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.

    9Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”

    10The disciples said to him,“If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”

  • Mark 10:7-12
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    83%

    7For this reason a man will leave his father and mother,

    8and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

    9Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

    10In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this.

    11So he told them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

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

  • Luke 16:18
    81%

    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.

  • Deut 24:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    1If 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.

    2When she has left him she may go and become someone else’s wife.

    3If 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,

    4her 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.

  • Mark 10:2-5
    4 verses
    79%

    2Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked,“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

    3He answered them,“What did Moses command you?”

    4They said,“Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.”

    5But Jesus said to them,“He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts.

  • Matt 5:27-30
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    77%

    27Adultery“You have heard that it was said,‘Do not commit adultery.’

    28But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

    29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

    30If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
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    10To 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.

  • Eph 5:31
    74%

    31For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

  • Num 5:11-13
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    11The Jealousy Ordeal The LORD spoke to Moses:

    12“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘If any man’s wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him,

    13and a man goes to bed with her, for sexual relations, without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught–

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    2For 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.

    3So 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 5:38
    71%

    38Retaliation“You have heard 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 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….”

  • Num 5:29
    71%

    29“‘This is the law for cases of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

  • Num 30:9
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    9Vows Made by Widows“But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.

  • Mal 2:16
    70%

    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.”

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    70%

    2But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

  • Matt 15:5
    70%

    5But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”

  • John 4:18
    70%

    18for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!”

  • Matt 5:21
    70%

    21Anger and Murder“You have heard that it was said to an older generation,‘Do not murder,’ and‘whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.’

  • John 8:5
    69%

    5In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?”

  • Matt 22:25
    69%

    25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother.

  • Deut 5:18
    69%

    18You must not commit adultery.

  • Luke 20:34
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    34So Jesus said to them,“The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.