Bible Verses About Remarriage
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for remarriage, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,046 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 7:39. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Remarriage
1 Corinthians 7:3987 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 19:983 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.
Luke 16:1882 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Mark 10:2-1266 votes
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
Matthew 5:31-3259 votes
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Matthew 19:656 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Deuteronomy 24:1-454 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 5:3252 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 7:1544 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 2:1643 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.
Genesis 2:2440 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Matthew 5:3133 votes
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Romans 7:332 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 7:10-1131 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
1 Timothy 5:831 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.
Malachi 2:1529 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.
Romans 7:1-329 votes
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
Romans 7:229 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 19:3-928 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 19:4-628 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,
Romans 7:2-328 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 Corinthians 7:27-2828 votes
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
Mark 10:1127 votes
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
1 Corinthians 7:10-1627 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Matthew 19:1-3026 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;
What does the Bible say about remarriage?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:39 on the subject of remarriage. Across 2,046 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 19:9, Luke 16:18, Mark 10:2-12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.