Divorce: General Scriptures Concerning

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  1. And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do. …
  2. When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive, …
  3. If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house. …
  4. While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well. …
  5. In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. …
  6. “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
  7. You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
  8. Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. …
  9. It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
  10. But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
  11. Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?” …
  12. Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.
  13. Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
  14. To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. …