Bible Cross References
a widow
Leviticus 21:7
A priest shall not marry a woman who has been a prostitute or a woman who is not a virgin or who is divorced; he is holy.
Leviticus 21:13
Leviticus 21:14
not a widow or a divorced woman or a woman who has been a prostitute. He shall marry only a virgin from his own clan.
1 Timothy 3:2
A church leader must be without fault; he must have only one wife, be sober, self-controlled, and orderly; he must welcome strangers in his home; he must be able to teach;
1 Timothy 3:4
he must be able to manage his own family well and make his children obey him with all respect.
1 Timothy 3:5
For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of the church of God?
1 Timothy 3:11
Their wives also must be of good character and must not gossip; they must be sober and honest in everything.
1 Timothy 3:12
A church helper must have only one wife, and be able to manage his children and family well.
Titus 1:6
an elder must be without fault; he must have only one wife, and his children must be believers and not have the reputation of being wild or disobedient.
put away
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
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"Suppose a man marries a woman and later decides that he doesn't want her, because he finds something about her that he doesn't like. So he writes out divorce papers, gives them to her, and sends her away from his home.
2
Then suppose she marries another man,
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and he also decides that he doesn't want her, so he also writes out divorce papers, gives them to her, and sends her away from his home. Or suppose her second husband dies.
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In either case, her first husband is not to marry her again; he is to consider her defiled. If he married her again, it would be offensive to the LORD. You are not to commit such a terrible sin in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.