Deuteronomy 24:1

Webster's Bible (1833)

When a man takes a wife, and marries her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 19:7-9 : 7 They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?" 8 He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so. 9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."
  • Deut 22:13 : 13 If any man take a wife, and go in to her, and hate her,
  • Deut 22:19 : 19 and they shall fine him one hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has brought up an evil name on a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
  • Jer 3:8 : 8 I saw, when, for this very cause that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce, yet treacherous Judah, her sister, didn't fear; but she also went and played the prostitute.
  • Exod 21:10 : 10 If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
  • Deut 22:29 : 29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.
  • Deut 24:3 : 3 If the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus says Yahweh, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
  • Luke 16:18 : 18 Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
  • Matt 5:31-32 : 31 "It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,' 32 but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
  • 1 Cor 7:11-12 : 11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife. 12 But to the rest I--not the Lord--say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
  • Mark 10:4-9 : 4 They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her." 5 But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment. 6 But from the beginning of the creation, 'God made them male and female. 7 For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." 10 In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter. 11 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her. 12 If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery."
  • Deut 21:15 : 15 If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers who was hated;
  • Mal 2:16 : 16 For I hate divorce," says Yahweh, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with violence!' says Yahweh of Hosts. "Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don't deal treacherously.
  • Matt 1:19 : 19 Joseph, her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, intended to put her away secretly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 24:2-5
    4 verses
    87%

    2When she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's [wife].

    3If the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;

    4her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Yahweh: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.

    5When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business: he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken.

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    79%

    31"It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'

    32but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.

  • Deut 22:13-14
    2 verses
    78%

    13If any man take a wife, and go in to her, and hate her,

    14and lay shameful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name on her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;

  • Matt 19:5-10
    6 verses
    76%

    5and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'

    6So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don't let man tear apart."

    7They asked him, "Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?"

    8He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

    9I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery."

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

  • Gen 2:24
    75%

    24Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

  • Deut 21:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13and she shall put the clothing of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

    14It shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.

    15If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers who was hated;

  • Exod 21:9-11
    3 verses
    74%

    9If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.

    10If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.

    11If he doesn't do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.

  • Mark 10:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.

    12If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery."

  • Num 5:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,

    13and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;

  • Deut 22:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23If there be a young lady who is a virgin pledged to be married to a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

    24then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones; the lady, because she didn't cry, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor's wife: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

  • Luke 16:18
    73%

    18Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

  • 1 Cor 7:11
    73%

    11(but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

  • Deut 22:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28If a man find a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

    29then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.

  • Mark 10:4
    72%

    4They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."

  • Num 30:6
    72%

    6If she be [married] to a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,

  • Deut 25:7
    72%

    7If the man doesn't want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.

  • Num 30:12
    72%

    12But if her husband made them null and void in the day that 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 Yahweh will forgive her.

  • Deut 20:7
    72%

    7What man is there who has pledged to be married 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.

  • Num 5:29
    72%

    29"This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, being under her husband, goes astray, and is defiled;

  • Deut 21:11
    72%

    11and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and you have a desire to her, and would take her to you as wife;

  • Deut 22:20
    72%

    20But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady;

  • Matt 22:25
    72%

    25Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.

  • Matt 19:3
    72%

    3Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

  • Mark 10:7
    72%

    7For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

  • Rom 7:3
    72%

    3So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.

  • Deut 28:30
    72%

    30You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use the fruit of it.

  • Jer 3:1
    71%

    1They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, will he return to her again? Won't that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me, says Yahweh.

  • Exod 22:16
    71%

    16"If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

  • Num 30:8
    71%

    8But if her husband disallow her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul: and Yahweh will forgive her.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    71%

    2But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

  • Num 5:20
    71%

    20But if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:'

  • Exod 21:4
    71%

    4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.