What Does the Bible Say About Divorce Deeply Hurts?

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 6 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.”

Matthew 19:3-12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” ...

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 5 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 Peter 3:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

1 Corinthians 7:10-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. ...

Romans 7:2-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.

Mark 10:2-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ...

Proverbs 19:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

14 Bible Verses about Divorce Deeply Hurts

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 19:3-12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:10-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 7:2-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Mark 10:2-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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14 Bible Verses about Divorce Deeply Hurts

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Malachi 2:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 19:3-12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:10-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 7:2-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Mark 10:2-12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 19:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes