If she
please not
her master,
who hath betrothed her
to himself,
then shall
he let
her be redeemed:
to sell her
unto a strange nation
he shall have
no power,
seeing
he hath dealt deceitfully
with her.
And
if he
have betrothed her
unto his son,
he shall deal with her
after the manner
of daughters.
If he
take him
another wife;
her food,
her raiment,
and her duty
of marriage,
shall
he not diminish.
And
if he
do not
these three
unto her,
then shall
she go out
free
without money.
And it
shall be,
if thou
have
no delight
in her,
then
thou shalt let
her go whither
she will;
but
thou shalt not sell her at
all for money,
thou shalt not make
merchandise
of her,
because
thou hast humbled her.
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.
And
when
she is departed
out of his house,
she may go
and be
another man's wife.
And
if the latter husband
hate her,
and write
her a bill
of divorcement,
and giveth it
in her hand,
and sendeth her
out of his house;
or if
the latter husband die,
which took her
to be his wife;
Her former husband,
which sent
her away,
may not take her
again to be
his wife,
after that
she is defiled;
for that is abomination
before the LORD:
and
thou shalt not cause
the land to sin,
which the LORD thy God
giveth thee
for an inheritance.
Now therefore let us
make a covenant
with our God
to put away all the wives,
and
such as are born of them,
according to
the counsel
of my lord,
and of those
that tremble
at the commandment
of our God;
and let
it be done according to
the law.
Now therefore
make confession
unto the LORD God
of your fathers,
and do
his pleasure:
and separate yourselves
from the people
of the land,
and
from the strange wives.
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.
The women
of my people
have
ye cast out
from their pleasant houses;
from their children
have
ye taken away
my glory
for ever.
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.
And did not
he make one?
Yet had
he the residue
of the spirit.
And wherefore one?
That he
might seek
a godly seed.
Therefore take
heed
to your spirit,
and let none
deal treacherously
against the wife
of his youth.
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.
It hath been said,
Whosoever
shall put away
his wife,
let him
give
her a writing
of divorcement:
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.
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?
And he
answered
and
said unto them,
Have
ye not read,
that he
which made them
at the beginning
made them male
and female,
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?
Wherefore
they are
no more twain,
but one flesh.
What
therefore God
hath joined together,
let not man
put asunder.
They say unto him,
Why did Moses
then command
to give
a
writing
of divorcement,
and to put
her away?
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.
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.
Whosoever
putteth away
his wife,
and marrieth
another,
committeth adultery:
and whosoever
marrieth
her
that is put away
from her husband
committeth adultery.
And unto the married
I command,
yet not I,
but the Lord,
Let not
the wife
depart
from her husband:
But and
if she depart,
let her
remain
unmarried
or be reconciled
to her husband:
and let not
the husband
put away
his wife.
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.
And the woman
which hath
an husband that believeth not,
and
if he
be pleased
to dwell
with her,
let her
not leave him.
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.
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.