What Does the Bible Say About Divorce Recovery?

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.”

1 Corinthians 7:15 ESV / 5 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.”

Matthew 19:8 ESV / 4 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.

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 4 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.

Deuteronomy 24:1-4 ESV / 4 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, and if she goes and becomes another man's wife, and the latter man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter man dies, who took her to be his wife, then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the Lord. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Mark 10:2-12 ESV / 3 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.’ ...

Matthew 19:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

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.

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Malachi 2:13-16 ESV / 3 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.”

Isaiah 43:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

1 Peter 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. 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; ...

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.

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.

Mark 10:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Matthew 19:3-9 ESV / 2 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 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’

Jeremiah 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

She saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce. Yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but she too went and played the whore.

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Psalm 147:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not commit adultery.

31 Bible Verses about Divorce Recovery

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 19:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 24:1-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 10:2-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 19:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Malachi 2:13-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 43:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 10:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:3-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 147:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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31 Bible Verses about Divorce Recovery

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Malachi 2:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 19:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 24:1-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Mark 10:2-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 19:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Malachi 2:13-16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 43:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 23:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 10:11-12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:3-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 147:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes