Jer 3:20, Mal 2:14-16, Mat 5:32, 19:6-9, Mar 10:11-12, Luk 16:18, 1Cor 7:15 | ESV | STEP | Surely , as a treacherous wife leaves her husband , so have you been treacherous to me, O house of Israel , declares the Lord .

14 ^bBut you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord ^cwas witness between you and the wife of your youth, ^dto whom ^eyou have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 ^fDid he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? ^{▼▼Hebrew in it} And what was the one God ^{▼▼Hebrew the one} seeking? ^{▼▼Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?} ^jGodly offspring. So guard yourselves ^{▼▼Or So take care; also verse 16} in your spirit, and let none of you be ^lfaithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For ^mthe man who does not love his wife but divorces her, ^{▼▼Hebrew who hates and divorces} says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers ^{▼▼Probable meaning (compare Septuagint and Deuteronomy 24:1–4); or “The Lord, the God of Israel, says that he hates divorce, and him who covers} his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and ^pdo not be faithless.”

Matthew 5:32

32 ^qBut I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and ^rwhoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Matthew 19:6-9

6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. ^sWhat therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” 7 They said to him, ^t“Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” 8 He said to them, “Because of your ^uhardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 ^vAnd I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.” ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery; other manuscripts except for sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery}

Mark 10:11-12

11 And he said to them, ^x“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, 12 and ^yif she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Luke 16:18

Divorce and Remarriage

18 ^z“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:15

15 But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you ^{▼▼Some manuscripts us} ^abto peace.