Matthew 19:8

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Matthew 19:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

7 “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses order a man to give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.

9 Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”

10 His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”

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Psalms 95:8

do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,

Zechariah 7:12

They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 2:13

And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.

Malachi 2:14

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.

Mark 10:5

But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.

Matthew 3:15

“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.

Matthew 8:31

So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

1 Corinthians 7:6

I say this as a concession, not as a command.

Genesis 2:24

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

Genesis 7:7

And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.

Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’