Matthew 5:32

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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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  • 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 7:10-11 : 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.
  • Rom 7:3 : 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 5:28 : 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  • Matt 19:8-9 : 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. 9 Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”
  • Mark 10:5-9 : 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.” 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.”
  • 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.
  • Mal 2:14-16 : 14 Yet you ask,“Why?” The LORD is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law. 15 No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth. 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.”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 5:31
    89%

    31Divorce“It was said,‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’

  • Matt 19:3-10
    8 verses
    89%

    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!”

  • Luke 16:18
    87%

    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.

  • Mark 10:7-12
    6 verses
    86%

    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.”

  • Matt 5:27-28
    2 verses
    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.

  • Deut 24:1-4
    4 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Matt 5:33
    74%

    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.’

  • 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.

  • Mark 10:4-5
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Deut 5:18
    72%

    18You must not commit adultery.

  • Eph 5:31-32
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

    32This mystery is great– but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

  • Ezek 16:32
    71%

    32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Num 5:12
    71%

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

  • Mal 2:16
    71%

    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.”

  • Exod 20:14
    71%

    14“You shall not commit adultery.

  • Lev 20:10
    70%

    10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

  • Prov 6:32
    70%

    32A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life.

  • Num 30:9
    70%

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

  • Mark 10:2
    70%

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

  • Luke 20:34
    70%

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

  • Num 5:20
    69%

    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….”

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    69%

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

  • John 4:18
    69%

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

  • Jer 3:1
    69%

    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 5:21
    68%

    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.’

  • Jas 2:11
    68%

    11For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

  • Num 5:29
    68%

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

  • John 8:4
    68%

    4and said to Jesus,“Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.

  • Rev 2:22
    68%

    22Look! 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.