1 Corinthians 7:11

New English Translation

(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

Cross References

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: “Where is your mother’s divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.

Jeremiah 3:1

“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man’s wife, he may not take her back again. Doing that would utterly defile the land. But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. So what makes you think you can return to me?” says the Lord.

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Mark 10:12

And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Mark 10:2

Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

Luke 16:18

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:10

To the married I give this command – not I, but the Lord – a wife should not divorce a husband

1 Corinthians 7:12

To the rest I say – I, not the Lord – if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

Deuteronomy 22:19

They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, for the man who made the accusation ruined the reputation of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives.