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What does the Bible say about breaking covenants?

18 verses about breaking covenants, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about breaking covenants

Ecclesiastes 5:4 — When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 4 votes
Matthew 19:6 — Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 4 votes
Matthew 19:9 — 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. 4 votes
1 Corinthians 7:10 — And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 4 votes
Galatians 3:15 — Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. 4 votes
James 4:17 — Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. 4 votes
Ezekiel 16:1 — Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 3 votes
Hebrews 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 3 votes
Leviticus 20:10 — And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 2 votes
Numbers 30:1 — And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded. 2 votes
Proverbs 2:17 — Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 2 votes
Malachi 2:14 — Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 2 votes
Luke 16:18 — Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. 2 votes
Romans 7:1 — 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? 2 votes
1 Corinthians 7:39 — 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. 2 votes
Galatians 3:17 — And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 2 votes
James 4:1 — From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 votes
Revelation 2:1 — Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 votes

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Matthew (2), 1 Corinthians (2), Galatians (2), James (2), Leviticus (1), Numbers (1), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Ezekiel (1), Malachi (1), Luke (1), Romans (1) and 2 more

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Bible verses about breaking covenants

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