Bible Verses About Divorce and Separation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for divorce and separation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 521 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 7:10-11. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Divorce and Separation
1 Corinthians 7:10-1149 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Mark 10:2-1242 votes
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
1 Corinthians 7:1540 votes
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
Malachi 2:1636 votes
For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Luke 16:1831 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Matthew 19:926 votes
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
1 Timothy 5:825 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
1 Corinthians 7:10-1624 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Hebrews 13:421 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Matthew 5:3218 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Deuteronomy 24:1-417 votes
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Matthew 19:616 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
1 Corinthians 7:3916 votes
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Matthew 5:31-3215 votes
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Malachi 2:1514 votes
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
1 Corinthians 7:12-1614 votes
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
Proverbs 18:2213 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Matthew 19:1-3013 votes
And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan;
1 Corinthians 7:1-4013 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Matthew 19:3-912 votes
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Matthew 19:4-612 votes
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
1 Peter 3:712 votes
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Genesis 2:2411 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Jeremiah 3:811 votes
And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
Matthew 19:3-1210 votes
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
What does the Bible say about divorce and separation?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 on the subject of divorce and separation. Across 521 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Mark 10:2-12, 1 Corinthians 7:15, Malachi 2:16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.