Malachi 2:16
2:16 “I hate divorce,”
says the
Lord God of Israel, “and the one who is guilty of violence,”
says the
Lord who rules over all. “Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful.”
Matthew 5:31-32
Divorce
5:31 “It was said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.’
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.
Matthew 19:3
19:3 Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”
Matthew 19:1
Questions About Divorce
19:1 Now when Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River.
Colossians 1:10-11
1:10 so that you may live
worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects
– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,
1:11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of
all patience and steadfastness, joyfully