Matthew 19:9

New Century Version

I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of adultery. The only reason for a man to divorce his wife is if his wife has sexual relations with another man.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:3

But one night God spoke to Abimelech in a dream and said, “You will die. The woman you took is married.”

2 Chronicles 21:11

Jehoram also built places to worship gods on the hills in Judah. He led the people of Jerusalem to sin, and he led the people of Judah away from the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:1

“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should her first husband come back to her again? If he went back to her, wouldn’t the land become completely unclean? But you have acted like a prostitute with many lovers, and now you want to come back to me?” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:8

Judah saw that I divorced unfaithful Israel because of her adultery, but that didn’t make Israel’s wicked sister Judah afraid. She also went out and acted like a prostitute!

Ezekiel 16:15

“ ‘But you trusted in your beauty. You became a prostitute, because you were so famous. You had sexual relations with anyone who passed by.

Ezekiel 16:29

You did many more sexual sins in Babylonia, the land of traders, but even this did not satisfy you.

Ezekiel 16:8

“ ‘Later when I passed by you and looked at you, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I spread my robe over you and covered your nakedness. I also made a promise to you and entered into an agreement with you so that you became mine, says the Lord God.

Matthew 19:10

The followers said to him, “If that is the only reason a man can divorce his wife, it is better not to marry.”

Matthew 19:8

Jesus answered, “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because you refused to accept God’s teaching, but divorce was not allowed in the beginning.

Matthew 5:32

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife forces her to be guilty of adultery. The only reason for a man to divorce his wife is if she has sexual relations with another man. And anyone who marries that divorced woman is guilty of adultery.

Luke 16:18

“If a man divorces his wife and marries another woman, he is guilty of adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman is also guilty of adultery.”

1 Corinthians 5:1

It is actually being said that there is sexual sin among you. And it is a kind that does not happen even among people who do not know God. A man there has his father’s wife.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A woman must stay with her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry any man she wants, but she must marry another believer.

1 Corinthians 7:4

The wife does not have full rights over her own body; her husband shares them. And the husband does not have full rights over his own body; his wife shares them.