Verse 1

¶ When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 19:7-9 : 7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? 8 He saith unto them, ‹Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.› 9 ‹And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except› [it be] ‹for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.›
  • Deut 22:13 : 13 ¶ If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
  • Deut 22:19 : 19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
  • Jer 3:8 : 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
  • Exod 21:10 : 10 If he take him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
  • Deut 22:29 : 29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
  • Deut 24:3 : 3 And [if] the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth [it] in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her [to be] his wife;
  • Isa 50:1 : 1 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
  • Luke 16:18 : 18 ‹Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from› [her] ‹husband committeth adultery.›
  • Matt 5:31-32 : 31 ‹It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:› 32 ‹But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.›
  • 1 Cor 7:11-12 : 11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away [his] wife. 12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
  • Mark 10:4-9 : 4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away. 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.› 6 ‹But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.› 7 ‹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;› 8 ‹And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.› 9 ‹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.› 10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [matter]. 11 And he saith unto them, ‹Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.› 12 ‹And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.›
  • Deut 21:15 : 15 ¶ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
  • Mal 2:16 : 16 For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
  • Matt 1:19 : 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just [man], and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.