Matthew 19:9

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And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery.”

Cross References

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, “You are about to die because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a married woman.”

2 Chronicles 21:11

Moreover he made high places in the hill country of Judah, and led the inhabitants of Jerusalem into unfaithfulness, and made Judah go astray.

Jeremiah 3:1

If a man divorces his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's wife, will he return to her? Would not such a land be greatly polluted? You have played the whore with many lovers; and would you return to me? says the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:8

She saw that for all the adulteries of that faithless one, Israel, I had sent her away with a decree of divorce; yet her false sister Judah did not fear, but she too went and played the whore.

Ezekiel 16:15

But you trusted in your beauty, and played the whore because of your fame, and lavished your whorings on any passer-by.

Ezekiel 16:29

You multiplied your whoring with Chaldea, the land of merchants; and even with this you were not satisfied.

Ezekiel 16:8

I passed by you again and looked on you; you were at the age for love. I spread the edge of my cloak over you, and covered your nakedness: I pledged myself to you and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became mine.

Matthew 19:10

His disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.”

Matthew 19:8

He said to them, “It was because you were so hard-hearted that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

Matthew 5:32

But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Luke 16:18

“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and whoever marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 5:1

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not found even among pagans; for a man is living with his father's wife.

1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound as long as her husband lives. But if the husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:4

For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.