Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Divorce’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Divorce’ occurs 15 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Divorce’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 22:13 But if she is a widow or divorced, and, being without children, she returns to her father’s house, she shall be nourished by her father’s foods, just as she was accustomed to do as a girl. No foreigner shall have the authority to eat from them.Leviticus 22:13
Number of the word / term Divorce in Leviticus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Divorce’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 30:9 Widows and divorced women shall repay whatever they have vowed.Numbers 30:9
Number of the word / term Divorce in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Divorce’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 24:1 “If a man takes a wife, and he has her, and she does not find favor before his eyes because of some vileness, then he shall write a bill of divorce, and he shall give it to her hand, and he shall dismiss her from his house.Deuteronomy 24:1
Deuteronomy 24:3 and if he likewise hates her, and has given her a bill of divorce, and has dismissed her from his house, or if indeed he has died,Deuteronomy 24:3
Number of the word / term Divorce in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Divorce’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 50:1 Thus says the Lord: What is this bill of divorce for your mother, by which I have dismissed her? Or who is my creditor, to whom I have sold you? Behold, you were sold by your iniquities, and I have dismissed your mother for your wickedness.Isaiah 50:1
Number of the word / term Divorce in Isaiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Divorce’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 3:1 “It is commonly said: ‘If a man has divorced his wife, and she departs from him, she will marry another man.’ So why would he return to her again? Is not that woman polluted and defiled? But you have fornicated yourself with many lovers. Even so, return to me, says the Lord, and I will accept you.Jeremiah 3:1
Jeremiah 3:8 that because the apostate Israel had committed adultery, I had dismissed her and had given her a bill of divorce. Yet her deceitful sister Judah was not afraid. But she, too, went and committed fornication herself.Jeremiah 3:8
Number of the word / term Divorce in Jeremiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Divorce’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 44:22 And they shall not take as wife a widow or one who has been divorced. Instead, they shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel. But they may also take a widow, if she is the widow of a priest.Ezekiel 44:22
Number of the word / term Divorce in Ezekiel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Divorce’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 5:31 And it has been said: ‘Whoever would dismiss his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.’Matthew 5:31
Matthew 19:7 They said to him, “Then why did Moses command him to give a bill of divorce, and to separate?”Matthew 19:7
Number of the word / term Divorce in Matthew: 2
Bible passages with ‘Divorce’ in the book Mark
Mark 10:4 And they said, “Moses gave permission to write a bill of divorce and to dismiss her.”Mark 10:4
Number of the word / term Divorce in Mark: 1
Bible passages with ‘Divorce’ in the book Luke
Luke 16:18 Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. And whoever marries her who has been divorced by her husband commits adultery.Luke 16:18
Number of the word / term Divorce in Luke: 1
Bible passages with ‘Divorce’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 7:11 But if she has separated from him, she must remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband should not divorce his wife.1 Corinthians 7:11
1 Corinthians 7:12 Concerning the rest, I am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.1 Corinthians 7:12
1 Corinthians 7:13 And if any woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce her husband.1 Corinthians 7:13
Number of the word / term ‘Divorce’ in 1 Corinthians: 3
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 15
