Bible Verses About Remarrying the Same Person
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for remarrying the same person, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 676 votes, led by Deuteronomy 24:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Remarrying the Same Person
Deuteronomy 24:469 votes
Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
1 Corinthians 7:10-1163 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Deuteronomy 24:1-455 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.
1 Corinthians 7:1139 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.
Matthew 19:938 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.
Jeremiah 3:136 votes
They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.
Matthew 19:633 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Matthew 5:3227 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.
Hebrews 13:426 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Deuteronomy 24:1-2225 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.
1 Corinthians 7:13-1520 votes
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
Matthew 5:2818 votes
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Mark 10:11-1218 votes
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
1 Corinthians 7:1-4018 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Luke 16:1817 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 7:3917 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 19:4-616 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,
Acts 2:3814 votes
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 13:1-1314 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
Ephesians 4:413 votes
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
1 Timothy 3:1-713 votes
This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
John 12:4812 votes
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Malachi 2:1611 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 5:31-3211 votes
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Romans 7:1-311 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?
What does the Bible say about remarrying the same person?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 24:4 on the subject of remarrying the same person. Across 676 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 7:10-11, Deuteronomy 24:1-4, 1 Corinthians 7:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.