What Does the Bible Say About Let Not Be Divorced?

Matthew 19:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 5 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.

Mark 10:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Ephesians 5:31-33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

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.

Luke 16:18 ESV / 4 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 5:31-32 ESV / 4 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.

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.”

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.

10 Bible Verses about Let Not Be Divorced

Matthew 19:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Mark 10:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:31-33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 7:2-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 16:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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10 Bible Verses about Let Not Be Divorced

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Matthew 19:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Mark 10:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:31-33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:39 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 7:2-3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 16:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 5:31-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes