Bible Cross References
Why
Matthew 5:31
Furthermore it has been said, Whoever puts away his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
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When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some uncleanness in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house,
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if she has departed from his house, and goes and becomes another man's wife,
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if the latter husband hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband who took her as his wife dies,
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then her former husband who sent her away cannot take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before Jehovah, and you shall not bring sin upon the land which Jehovah your God is giving to you as an inheritance.
Isaiah 50:1
Thus says Jehovah, Where is your mother's certificate of divorce, whom I have put away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Behold, you have been sold for your iniquities, and your mother has been put away for your sins.
Jeremiah 3:8
And I saw, when for all the causes for which backsliding Israel committed adultery, I put her away and gave her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but she also went and committed adultery.
Mark 10:4
They said, Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce, and to put her away.
and to
Matthew 1:19
But Joseph her husband, being just, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
Malachi 2:16
For Jehovah the God of Israel, says that He hates divorce, and to cover violence with one's garment, says Jehovah of Hosts. Therefore take heed to your spirit and do not deal treacherously.