Bible Verses About Marriage Separation
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for marriage separation, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,465 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 Marriage Separation
1 Corinthians 7:10-11129 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
1 Corinthians 7:2-587 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:1581 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 2:1664 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.
1 Peter 3:764 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.
Hebrews 13:459 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
1 Corinthians 7:1049 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Ephesians 5:3346 votes
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Matthew 19:944 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.
Romans 7:244 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.
1 Timothy 5:842 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.
Luke 16:1841 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Romans 7:341 votes
So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
1 Corinthians 7:12-1640 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 5:31-3236 votes
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Ephesians 5:21-3335 votes
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Matthew 5:3232 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 7:1-4032 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Matthew 19:4-628 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,
Proverbs 18:2227 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Matthew 19:3-1227 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?
Proverbs 10:1226 votes
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Matthew 19:3-926 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?
Deuteronomy 24:1-424 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 19:624 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
What does the Bible say about marriage separation?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 on the subject of marriage separation. Across 1,465 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 7:2-5, 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.