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What does the Bible say about marriage separation?
20 verses about marriage separation, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.
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Bible verses about marriage separation
- 1 Corinthians 7:10 — And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 7 votes
- 1 Corinthians 7:2 — Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 5 votes
- 1 Corinthians 7:15 — 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. 5 votes
- Malachi 2:16 — 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. 4 votes
- 1 Peter 3:7 — 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. 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. 3 votes
- Romans 7:2 — For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 votes
- Ephesians 5:33 — Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. 3 votes
- Hebrews 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 3 votes
- Proverbs 18:22 — Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. 2 votes
- Matthew 5:31 — It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: 2 votes
- Matthew 5:32 — 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. 2 votes
- Matthew 19:3 — 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? 2 votes
- Matthew 19:4 — And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 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 7:3 — So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. 2 votes
- 1 Corinthians 7:1 — Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 votes
- 1 Corinthians 7:12 — 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 votes
- Ephesians 5:21 — Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. 2 votes
- 1 Timothy 5:8 — 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. 2 votes
Where these verses are
Matthew (5), 1 Corinthians (5), Romans (2), Ephesians (2), Proverbs (1), Malachi (1), Luke (1), 1 Timothy (1), Hebrews (1), 1 Peter (1)
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- Divorce And Separation
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- Separation In Marriage
- Grounds For Divorce
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- Second Marriage
- Adultery And Divorce
- Marrying A Divorced Person
- Marrying A Divorced Woman
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