Bible Verses About Spouse Abandonment
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for spouse abandonment, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,772 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 7:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Spouse Abandonment
1 Corinthians 7:15334 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 2:16284 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 19:9257 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.
1 Corinthians 7:1-40202 votes
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Colossians 3:19199 votes
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Genesis 2:24197 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 7:12-16183 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.
Luke 16:18181 votes
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Ephesians 4:32158 votes
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
Matthew 5:32157 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 15:33155 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Mark 10:12144 votes
And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
1 Corinthians 7:39131 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.
1 Corinthians 7:10-16109 votes
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
Ephesians 5:25105 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Proverbs 18:2299 votes
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.
Matthew 5:31-3288 votes
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Psalms 27:1083 votes
When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
1 Peter 3:777 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.
1 Corinthians 7:276 votes
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Hebrews 13:576 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Mark 10:975 votes
What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
1 Timothy 3:272 votes
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Revelation 2:272 votes
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
1 John 2:3-469 votes
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
What does the Bible say about spouse abandonment?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 7:15 on the subject of spouse abandonment. Across 6,772 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Malachi 2:16, Matthew 19:9, 1 Corinthians 7:1-40. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.