16 Bible Verses about divorce, amongst believers

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife on any ground, except unfaithfulness, makes her commit adultery, and anyone who marries her after she is divorced commits adultery.

And some Pharisees came up to him to test him, and they said, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"

To those already married my instructions are??nd they are not mine, but the Lord's??hat a wife is not to separate from her husband.

But he answered, "Did you never read that the Creator at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them shall become one'? So they are no longer two but one. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not try to separate."

To other people I would say, though not as Christ's command, if a Christian has a wife who is not a believer, and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her, and a woman who has a husband who is not a believer, but is willing to live with her, must not divorce her husband. For the husband who is not a believer is consecrated through union with his wife, and the woman who is not a believer is consecrated through union with her Christian husband, for otherwise your children would be unblessed, but, as it is, they are consecrated.

But from the beginning of the creation, 'God made them male and female. Therefore a man must leave his father and mother, and he and his wife must become one,' and so they are no longer two but one.read more.
Therefore what God has joined together man must not try to separate."

If she does separate, she must remain single or else become reconciled to him. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman who has been divorced from her husband commits adultery.

And he said to them, "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against his former wife, and if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she is an adulteress."

Therefore a man must leave his father and mother and attach himself to his wife, and they must become one.

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if he dies, the marriage law no longer applies to her. So if she marries another man while her husband is alive, she is called an adulteress, but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and can marry someone else without being an adulteress.

He said to them, "It was on account of your perversity that Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but it was not so at the beginning.

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she pleases so long as he is a Christian.

But Jesus said to them, "It was on account of your perversity that he laid down that law for you.

I tell you that whoever divorces his wife on any ground but her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

But if the one who is not a believer wishes to separate, let the separation take place. In such cases the brother or sister is not a slave; God has called you to live in peace.