Bible Verses About Divorce
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for divorce, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 22,834 votes, led by Luke 16:18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Divorce
Luke 16:181,206 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 5:321,048 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.
1 Corinthians 7:10-11983 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
1 Corinthians 7:15953 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.
Matthew 19:9861 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.
Matthew 19:6852 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Malachi 2:16773 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.
Matthew 19:8607 votes
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
Romans 7:2586 votes
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
Matthew 5:31-32541 votes
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Mark 10:12521 votes
And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Genesis 2:24508 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Matthew 19:3-9477 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?
1 Corinthians 7:1-40473 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Hebrews 13:4448 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Jeremiah 3:8339 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.
Mark 10:1-52335 votes
And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
Deuteronomy 24:1-22327 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.
Exodus 14:14310 votes
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
1 John 2:3-4297 votes
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
1 Corinthians 7:10-17289 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Isaiah 50:1258 votes
Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Matthew 19:1-30250 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;
Malachi 2:14-16236 votes
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
1 Peter 3:1235 votes
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
What does the Bible say about divorce?
Readers most often cite Luke 16:18 on the subject of divorce. Across 22,834 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 5:32, 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, 1 Corinthians 7:15. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.