Bible Verses About Remarriage After Divorce
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for remarriage after divorce, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 192 votes, led by Matthew 19:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Remarriage After Divorce
Matthew 19:625 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Romans 7:221 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.
Luke 16:1820 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:3920 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 5:3217 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.
Genesis 2:2414 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Mark 10:6-914 votes
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Matthew 5:31-3213 votes
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Matthew 19:913 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.
Mark 10:11-1213 votes
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
1 Corinthians 6:9-1012 votes
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Romans 7:310 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.
What does the Bible say about remarriage after divorce?
Readers most often cite Matthew 19:6 on the subject of remarriage after divorce. Across 192 votes, 12 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 7:2, Luke 16:18, 1 Corinthians 7:39. This page lists all 12 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.