Luke 16:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 19:9 : 9 `And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'
  • Mark 10:11-12 : 11 and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her; 12 and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'
  • 1 Cor 7:4 : 4 the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.
  • Matt 5:31-32 : 31 `And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce; 32 but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.
  • 1 Cor 7:10-12 : 10 and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband: 11 but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife. 12 And to the rest I speak -- not the Lord -- if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 10:7-12
    6 verses
    89%

    7on this account shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife,

    8and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh; so that they are no more two, but one flesh;

    9what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

    10And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,

    11and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

    12and if a woman may put away her husband, and is married to another, she committeth adultery.'

  • Matt 19:3-10
    8 verses
    89%

    3And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'

    4And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made `them', from the beginning a male and a female made them,

    5and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh?

    6so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.'

    7They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?'

    8He saith to them -- `Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

    9`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.'

    10His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.'

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    87%

    31`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

    32but I -- I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2for the married woman to the living husband hath been bound by law, and if the husband may die, she hath been free from the law of the husband;

    3so, then, the husband being alive, an adulteress she shall be called if she may become another man's; and if the husband may die, she is free from the law, so as not to be an adulteress, having become another man's.

  • Luke 16:17
    75%

    17and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.

  • Deut 24:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house,

    2and she hath gone out of his house, and hath gone and been another man's,

    3and the latter man hath hated her, and written for her a writing of divorce, and given `it' into her hand, and sent her out of his house, or when the latter man dieth, who hath taken her to himself for a wife:

    4`Her former husband who sent her away is not able to turn back to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she hath become defiled; for an abomination it `is' before Jehovah, and thou dost not cause the land to sin which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance.

  • Ezek 16:32
    73%

    32The wife who committeth adultery -- Under her husband -- doth receive strangers.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband:

    11but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

  • Lev 20:10
    73%

    10`And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife -- who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour -- the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.

  • Exod 20:14
    72%

    14`Thou dost not commit adultery.

  • Matt 5:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

    28but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

  • Mal 2:16
    72%

    16For `I' hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He `who' hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye do not deal treacherously.

  • Deut 5:18
    71%

    18`Thou dost not commit adultery.

  • Luke 20:34
    71%

    34And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,

  • Heb 13:4
    71%

    4honourable `is' the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

  • 1 Cor 6:16
    71%

    16have ye not known that he who is joined to the harlot is one body? `for they shall be -- saith He -- the two for one flesh.'

  • Mark 10:2
    70%

    2And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

  • Prov 6:32
    70%

    32He who committeth adultery `with' a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

  • Deut 28:30
    70%

    30`A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common;

  • Jas 2:11
    69%

    11for He who is saying, `Thou mayest not commit adultery,' said also, `Thou mayest do no murder;' and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law;

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    69%

    2and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

  • Prov 6:29
    69%

    29So `is' he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.

  • Mark 6:18
    69%

    18for John said to Herod -- `It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'

  • 1 Cor 7:38
    68%

    38so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

  • Luke 18:29
    68%

    29and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

  • Num 5:12
    68%

    12`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When any man's wife turneth aside, and hath committed against him a trespass,

  • Jer 3:1
    68%

    1Saying, `Lo, one sendeth away his wife, And she hath gone from him, And she hath been to another man, Doth he turn back unto her again? Greatly defiled is not that land? And thou hast committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn again to Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Eph 5:31
    68%

    31`for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they shall be -- the two -- for one flesh;'

  • Num 30:9
    68%

    9`As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.

  • Lev 18:20
    68%

    20`And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
    68%

    27Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.