Bible Verses About Grounds for Divorce
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for grounds for divorce, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 37,147 votes, led by Malachi 2:16. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Grounds for Divorce
Malachi 2:161,266 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 5:31-321,208 votes
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Luke 16:181,180 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 19:91,075 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 5:321,066 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 7:151,037 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.
1 Corinthians 7:10-11992 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Romans 7:2873 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.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4762 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 5:31728 votes
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Matthew 19:6725 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
1 Peter 3:7708 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.
Matthew 19:3-9705 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 19:8696 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.
1 Corinthians 7:39693 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 19:8-9593 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.
Genesis 2:24572 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Ephesians 5:25554 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
1 Corinthians 7:12-16532 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.
Matthew 19:1-30517 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;
Hebrews 13:4517 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Mark 10:2484 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 7:11476 votes
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
Revelation 1:1456 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Matthew 19:7455 votes
They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
What does the Bible say about grounds for divorce?
Readers most often cite Malachi 2:16 on the subject of grounds for divorce. Across 37,147 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 5:31-32, Luke 16:18, Matthew 19:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.