The Bible addresses the topic of divorced women in several passages, providing guidance and perspectives on the matter. While specific teachings may vary depending on interpretation, there are some general principles that can be derived from biblical teachings.
In the Old Testament, divorce was allowed under certain circumstances as a means of addressing marital issues and protecting vulnerable individuals. However, the concept of divorce was not encouraged or viewed positively. The book of Malachi emphasizes God’s dislike for divorce, stating that He hates it because it involves breaking the covenant between spouses.
In the New Testament, Jesus discusses divorce and provides a stricter perspective. He highlights that divorce was permitted under the Mosaic Law due to the hardness of people’s hearts but points to God’s original intention for marriage to be a lifelong commitment. Jesus states that anyone who divorces and remarries commits adultery, except in cases of marital unfaithfulness.
The Apostle Paul, in his letters, addresses situations where believers are married to unbelievers. He advises that if an unbelieving spouse chooses to leave, the believer is not bound to the marriage and can consider it dissolved.
Overall, while the Bible acknowledges the reality of divorce, it upholds the ideal of marital commitment and discourages divorce. Divorced women are not condemned, but the emphasis is placed on reconciliation, forgiveness, and maintaining the sanctity of the marital covenant. The Bible encourages individuals to seek wisdom, guidance, and healing in their specific circumstances, and to rely on God’s grace and forgiveness.
1 Corinthians 7:39
“The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord”
1 Corinthians 7:11
“But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife”
1 Corinthians 7:15
“But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace”
Philippians 4:19
“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus”
Psalm 147:3
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds”
Ephesians 5:22
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord”
1 Peter 3:7
“Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered”
Malachi 2:14
“Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant”
1 Corinthians 7:3
“Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband”
Proverbs 18:22
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord”
Malachi 2:16
“For the Lord , the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously”
Matthew 19:8
“He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so”
Matthew 19:6
“Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder”
1 Corinthians 7:13
“And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him”
1 Corinthians 7:17
“But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches”
Mark 10:2
“And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him”
Genesis 2:24
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh”
Jeremiah 3:1
“They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord”
1 Peter 3:1
“Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives”
1 Corinthians 7:14
“For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy”
Matthew 5:28
“But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart”
Mark 10:11
“And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her”
Luke 16:18
“Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery”
Jeremiah 3:8
“And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also”
Matthew 19:5
“And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?”
Mark 10:12
“And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery”
Matthew 5:32
“But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery”
Ephesians 5:31
“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh”
Ephesians 5:33
“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband”
Romans 7:1
“Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?”
Matthew 19:10
“His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry”
Titus 1:6
“If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly”
1 Corinthians 7:10
“And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband”
1 Corinthians 7:27
“Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife”
Luke 16:1
“And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods”
Romans 7:3
“So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man”
John 15:13
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”
Romans 7:2
“For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband”
Deuteronomy 24:1
“When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house”
1 Corinthians 7:4
“The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife”
Mark 10:3
“And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?”
1 Timothy 3:2
“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach”
Matthew 19:1
“And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan”
1 Corinthians 7:12
“But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away”
Mark 10:9
“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder”
Matthew 5:31
“It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement”
1 Corinthians 7:2
“Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband”
Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord , thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end”
Psalm 46:10
“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth”
Matthew 19:3
“The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?”
Matthew 19:9
“And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery”
Isaiah 50:1
“Thus saith the Lord , Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away”
Matthew 19:7
“They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?”
Proverbs 31:10
“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies”
Genesis 2:18
“And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him”
Hebrews 13:4
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge”
