Bible Concordances
Divorce

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• Law of marriage against
  Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:6

• PERMITTED
  • By the Mosaic law
    Deuteronomy 24:1
  • On account of hardness of heart
    Matthew 19:8

• Often sought by the Jews
  Micah 2:9; Malachi 2:14

• Sought on slight grounds
  Matthew 5:31; 19:3

• Not allowed to those who falsely accused their wives
  Deuteronomy 22:18,19

• WOMEN
  • Could obtain
    Proverbs 2:17; Mark 10:12
  • Could marry after
    Deuteronomy 24:2
  • Responsible for vows after
    Numbers 30:9
  • Married after, could not return to first husband
    Deuteronomy 24:3,4; Jeremiah 3:1
  • Afflicted by
    Isaiah 54:4,6

• Priests not to marry women after
  Leviticus 21:14

• Of servants, regulated by law
  Exodus 21:7,11

• Of captives, regulated by law
  Deuteronomy 21:13,14

• Forced on those who had idolatrous wives
  Ezra 10:2-17; Nehemiah 13:23,30

• Jews condemned for love of
  Malachi 2:14-16

• Forbidden by Christ except for adultery
  Matthew 5:32; 19:9

• Prohibition of, offended the Jews
  Matthew 19:10

• Illustrative of God's casting off of the Jewish church
  Isaiah 50:1; Jeremiah 3:8