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DIVORCE

OLD TESTAMENT:

1.      Deuteronomy 24:1-4 “When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor (chem=favor, grace) in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness (ervah = a thing offensive) in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement(kerithuth=a cutting off), and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.  And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.  And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement(kerithuth), and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shall not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.”

2.      Malachi 2:14-16 “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 convenant.  And did not he make one?  Yet had he the residue of the spirit.  And wherefore one?  That he might seek a gody seed.  Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.  For the Lord, thy God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away (shalach =to send forth): for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts; therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.”

3.      Isaiah 50:1 “Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement(kerithuth=a casting off), whom I have put away(shalach=to send forth)?  Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you?  Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away(shalach=to send forth).”

4.      Jeremiah 3:1, 8 “They say, If a man put away(shalach=to send forth) his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s shall he return unto her again?  Shall not that land be greatly polluted?  But thou has played the harlot with many lovers; ye return again to me, saith the Lord.  And I say, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery(naaph=to commit adultery) I had put her away(shalach=to send forth), and give her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot(zanah=to commit fornicaton(go a whoring) also.”

5.      See the Book of Hosea

NEW TESTAMENT:

1.      Matthew 5:31-32 “It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away(apoluo=to let loose, let go free) his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement (apostasion=a setting away):  But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away(apoluo=to let loose, let go free) his wife, saving for the cause of fornication(porneia=(premarital sex), whoredom, illicit sexual acts),    causeth her to commit adultery(emoicheusen=(married sex)sexual immorality, impurity): and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced(apolul=to let loose, let go free)committeth adultery(emoicheusen= (married sex)sexual immorality, impurity).”(See Matthew 5:28 “Adultery in the heart.”)

2.      Matthew 19:3-12 “The Paharisees also came unto Jesus, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away(apoluo=to let loose, let go free) his wife for every cause?  And he answered and said unto the, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore thy are not more twain, but one flesh.  What therefore god hath joined together, let not man put asunder.  They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement(kerithuth=a cutting off), and to put her away(apoluo=to let loose, let go free)?  He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away(apoluo=to let loose, let go free) your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.  And I say unto you, Whoseover shall put away(apoluo=to let loose, let go free) his wife, except it be for fornication(porneio=(premarital sex) whoredom, illicit sexual acts)shall marry another, committeth adultery(emoicheusen=(married sex) sexual immorality, impurity): and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery(emoicheusen =(married sex) sexual immorality, impurity).”

3.      Mark 10:11-12 and Luke 16:18 “And Jesus saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away(apoluo=to let loose, let go free) his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery(emoicheusen=(married sex)sexual immorality,  impurity) against her.  And if a woman shall put away(apoluo=to let loose, let go free) her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery(emoicheusen=(married sex)sexual immorality, impurity).”

4.      Romans 7:1-3 “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?  For the woman which hath an husband is bound by law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.  So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress(moichalis=(married sex)sexual immorality, impurity): but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress(moichalis=(married sex)sexual immorality, impurity), though se be married to another man.”

5.      I Corinthians 7:1-11, 39 “Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.  Nevertheless, to avoid fornication(porneia=(premarital sex)whoredom, elicit sexual acts), let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.  And to the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart(chorizo=to put apart) from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away( aphiemi=to send away) his wife.  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.”

6.      I Corinthians 7:12-16 “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(aphiemi=to send away).  And the the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave(aphiemi=to send away, let go).  For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.  But if the unbelieving depart(chorizo=to put apart), let him depart(chorizo=to put apart).  A brother or a sister is not under bondage(douleo=to enslave) in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.  For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?”

7.      I Timothy 5:11-15 “I will that the younger widows marry(gameo=to marry), bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.”

8.      Hebrews 13:4 “Marriage(gamos=marriage) is honorable(timios= honorable) in all and the bed undefiled (unpolluted, immaculate).”

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