What Does the Bible Say About Bad Divorce?

1 Corinthians 7:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace.

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

Luke 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Matthew 19:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Malachi 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Malachi 2:13-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And this second thing you do. You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”

Malachi 2:11-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant of the man who does this, who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts! And this second thing you do. You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth. ...

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Deuteronomy 24:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house,

15 Bible Verses about Bad Divorce

1 Corinthians 7:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 2:13-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 2:11-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 24:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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15 Bible Verses about Bad Divorce

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1 Corinthians 7:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 2:13-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 2:11-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 24:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes