From Nave’s Topical Bible
Divorce
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 18Passages listed
- 13Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- General scriptures concerningExodus 21:7–11Deuteronomy 21:10–14Deuteronomy 24:1–4Ezra 10:1–16Nehemiah 13:23–30Jeremiah 3:1Micah 2:9Malachi 2:14–16Matthew 5:31Matthew 5:32Matthew 19:3–12Mark 10:2Luke 16:181 Corinthians 7:10–17
- Disobedience of the wife to the husband, a sufficient cause for, in the Persian empireEsther 1:10–22
- See Marriage
- FIGURATIVEIsaiah 50:1Isaiah 54:4Jeremiah 3:8
The passages, in Bible order (18)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Exodus 21:7–11
And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.
Commentary on Exodus 21:7–111 voice
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 21:10–14
When you go to war against your enemies and the LORD your God delivers them into your hand and you take them captive,
Commentary on Deuteronomy 21:10–142 voices
But nevertheless I also intellectually have "gone out to war against my enemies, and I saw there" in the plunder "a woman with a beautiful figure." Whatever we find said well and reasonably among our philosophical enemies, or we read anything said among them wisely and knowingly, we must cleanse it. We must remove and cut off all that is dead and worthless. It is as if one were trimming the hairs of the head and the nails of the woman taken from the spoils of the enemy. Only then would you take her as a wife.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON LEVITICUS 7.6.7, 253Patristic
When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 24:1–4
If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:1–41 voice
When a man hath taken a wife and married her,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ezra 10:1–16
While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
Commentary on Ezra 10:1–161 voice
Therefore, as Ezra prayed and implored, etc. The effectiveness of Ezra's prayer, weeping, and lamentation is shown when immediately a very large assembly of both sexes and all ages is reported to have gathered to him. They wept, either those who had sinned, repenting of …
Bede· Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah, 735Patristic
- Nehemiah 13:23–30
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Commentary on Nehemiah 13:23–301 voice
In those days also I saw Jews that married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab. Ashdod, or Azotus, as it is called in Act 8:40, was one of the five cities of the Philistines; which, though none of the seven nations with whom marriage was forbid, yet it was very unfit and improper to marry with them, Jdg 14:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Esther 1:10–22
On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—
Commentary on Esther 1:10–221 voice
"So on the seventh day when the king was very festive, and after he had drunk too much and grown heated from the wine, he ordered Mehuman, and Biztha, and Harbona, and Bigtha, and Abigtha, and Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who ministered in …
Rabanus Maurus· Commentary on Esther, 856Patristic
- Isaiah 50:1
This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Commentary on Isaiah 50:11 voice
(Chapter 50, Verse 1) Thus says the Lord: Who is this bill of divorce of your mother, whom I have sent away? Or to whom have I sold you? Behold, because of your iniquities you were sold, and because of your sins your mother was sent away. For I came and there was no man; I called, and there was none to answer. LXX: Thus says the Lord: What is this bill of divorce of your mother, whom I have sent away? Or to whom have I sold you, to the creditor and exactor of me?
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
- Isaiah 54:4
Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
Commentary on Isaiah 54:41 voice
(Verse 4, 5.) Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be ashamed, for you will not be disgraced. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. For your Maker is your husband— the LORD Almighty is his name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth. LXX: Do not be afraid, for you have been put to shame; do not be disgraced, for you have been reproached.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
- Jeremiah 3:1
“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers— and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
Commentary on Jeremiah 3:11 voice
(Chapter III - Verse 1) It is commonly said (for which the Seventy have translated 'only said'). If a man divorces his wife and she goes and becomes another man's wife, will he return to her again? Will not that woman be considered defiled and polluted? (or that land?) And you have committed adultery with many lovers (or shepherds.) For the word 'Reim' (), which is written with four letters Res, Ain, Yod, Mem, signifies both lovers and shepherds. And if we read Reim, it means lovers; if Roim, it means shepherds.
Jerome· Commentary on Jeremiah, 420Patristic
- Jeremiah 3:8
She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
Commentary on Jeremiah 3:82 voices
(Verse 6 and following) And the Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah: Have you seen what the adulteress Israel has done? She went upon every high hill and under every leafy tree and committed adultery there. And I said, after she had done all these things: Return to me, but she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw that I had dismissed the adulteress Israel and had given her a bill of divorce. But her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but she also went and committed adultery.
Jerome· Commentary on Jeremiah, 420Patristic
"And the faithless Judah did not fear, and she went and played the harlot herself also." Israel having played the harlot first, Judah too played the harlot afterward. "And her fornication became as nothing, and she committed adultery with wood and stone." Whenever we sin, we do nothing else than, becoming stony-hearted, commit adultery with "the stone." Whenever we sin and play the harlot "beneath every leafy tree," we too commit adultery with "the wood." "And the faithless Judah did not turn to me with her whole heart, but in falsehood."
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 4, 253Patristic
- Micah 2:9
You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
Commentary on Micah 2:91 voice
Let him who cannot fly like an eagle fly like a sparrow. Let him who cannot fly to heaven fly to the mountains. Let him flee before the valleys that are quickly destroyed by water. Let him pass over the mountains. Abraham's nephew passed over the mountain of Segor and was saved. But Lot's wife could not climb it, for she looked back in womanly fashion and lost her salvation. "Draw near the everlasting mountains," the Lord says through the prophet Micah, "arise from here, for this is not a rest for you by reason of uncleanness.
Ambrose of Milan· FLIGHT FROM THE WORLD 5:31, 397Patristic
- Malachi 2:14–16
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
Commentary on Malachi 2:14–162 voices
Yet ye say, Wherefore?....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
(v. 13 ff.) And you have done this again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, weeping and groaning, so that I will no longer look upon your sacrifices or accept anything pleasing from your hands. Yet you ask, 'Why?' Because the Lord has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have despised, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did not one God create us all? Did not one God give us life and breath? And what does one seek, except the seed of God?
Jerome· Commentary on Malachi, 420Patristic
- Matthew 5:31
It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
Commentary on Matthew 5:311 voice
(Vers. 31 seqq.) However, it is said: Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce. But I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for the cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. In the later part, the Savior explains this place more fully, that Moses commanded the certificate of divorce to be given because of the hardness of the hearts of the husbands, not granting a separation, but removing homicide.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 5:32
But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, brings adultery upon her. And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
Commentary on Matthew 5:322 voices
But another reason, too, conspires; nay, not another, but (one)which imposed the law of "the beginning," and moved the will of God to prohibit divorce: the fact that (he)who shall have dismissed his wife, except on the ground of adultery, makes her commit adultery; and (he) who shall have married a (woman) dismissed by her husband, of course commits adultery. A divorced woman cannot even marry legitimately; and if she commit any such act without the name of marriage, does it not fall under the category of adultery, in that adultery is crime in the way of marriage?
Tertullian· On Monogamy, 220Patristic
(Vers. 31 seqq.) However, it is said: Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce. But I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for the cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. In the later part, the Savior explains this place more fully, that Moses commanded the certificate of divorce to be given because of the hardness of the hearts of the husbands, not granting a separation, but removing homicide.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 19:3–12
Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
Commentary on Matthew 19:3–121 voice
(Chapter XIX. — Verse 1 and following) And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan; and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there. And the Pharisees came to him, tempting him and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for any cause?
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Mark 10:2
Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.
Commentary on Mark 10:22 voices
Of those who came to Jesus and interrogated him, some put questions to him simply to trick him. If our glorious Savior was tested in this way, should any of his disciples called to teach be annoyed when questioned by some who probe, not from the desire to know, but from the intent to trip up?
Origen of Alexandria· COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 14.16, 253Patristic
And the: Pharisees came unto him,....
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)Reformed
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