What Does the Bible Say About Divorce?

Matthew 19:9

“And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

Malachi 2:16

“For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts.”

1 Corinthians 7:15

“But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace.”

Matthew 5:32

“But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery.”

Mark 10:9

“What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

1 Corinthians 7:10-11

“To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband... and the husband should not divorce his wife.”

Luke 16:18

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.”