Bible Verses About Separation in Marriage
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for separation in marriage, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,810 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 Separation in Marriage
1 Corinthians 7:10-11249 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
1 Corinthians 7:15165 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 7:1-40157 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Hebrews 13:4146 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Matthew 5:32138 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.
Malachi 2:16132 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.
Romans 12:1286 votes
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Matthew 19:880 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 Peter 3:779 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.
Ephesians 5:22-3374 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Psalms 91:1-1672 votes
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Matthew 19:968 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 19:3-967 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?
1 Corinthians 7:12-1658 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.
2 Corinthians 6:1453 votes
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
Luke 16:1846 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 7:1045 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Genesis 2:2444 votes
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
1 Corinthians 7:12-1544 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 19:643 votes
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
1 Timothy 5:843 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.
Ephesians 5:3340 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.
Proverbs 18:2236 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:15-2036 votes
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
Ephesians 5:2236 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
What does the Bible say about separation in marriage?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:10-11 on the subject of separation in marriage. Across 2,810 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 7:15, 1 Corinthians 7:1-40, Hebrews 13:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.