What Does the Bible Say About Second Marriage?

Luke 16:18 ESV / 79 helpful votes

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

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 75 helpful votes

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

Exodus 21:10 ESV / 75 helpful votes

If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights.

Matthew 19:3-9 ESV / 62 helpful votes

And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” ...

1 Corinthians 7:12-16 ESV / 50 helpful votes

To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace. For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

Deuteronomy 21:15 ESV / 45 helpful votes

“If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 39 helpful votes

To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife.

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Romans 7:2 ESV / 30 helpful votes

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.

Romans 7:2-3 ESV / 28 helpful votes

For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.

1 Corinthians 7:15 ESV / 25 helpful votes

But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace.

Ecclesiastes 4:9-16 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice. ...

1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 21 helpful votes

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

Luke 18:8 ESV / 19 helpful votes

I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

1 Corinthians 7:12-15 ESV / 17 helpful votes

To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her. If any woman has a husband who is an unbeliever, and he consents to live with her, she should not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother or sister is not enslaved. God has called you to peace.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 17 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 14:6 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes

“For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 12 helpful votes

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

Job 2:10 ESV / 12 helpful votes

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Revelation 3:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Exodus 21:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes

“Now these are the rules that you shall set before them.

Luke 21:25 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves,

1 Samuel 1:1-2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

Genesis 2:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Revelation 20:2-5 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while. Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.

Mark 10:1-52 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them. And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ...

Acts 2:38 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 25:1-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ...

Galatians 4:16-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth? They make much of you, but for no good purpose. They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them. It is always good to be made much of for a good purpose, and not only when I am present with you,

1 Corinthians 7:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Acts 3:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Daniel 9:24-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place. Know therefore and understand that from the going out of the word to restore and build Jerusalem to the coming of an anointed one, a prince, there shall be seven weeks. Then for sixty-two weeks it shall be built again with squares and moat, but in a troubled time. And after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one shall be cut off and shall have nothing. And the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood, and to the end there shall be war. Desolations are decreed. And he shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall come one who makes desolate, until the decreed end is poured out on the desolator.”

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Job 29:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

38 Bible Verses about Second Marriage

Luke 16:18 ESV / 79 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:9 ESV / 75 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 21:10 ESV / 75 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:3-9 ESV / 62 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:12-16 ESV / 50 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 21:15 ESV / 45 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:10-11 ESV / 39 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 7:2 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 7:2-3 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:15 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 4:9-16 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:32 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 18:8 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:12-15 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:23 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:6 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Malachi 2:16 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 2:10 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 3:6 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 21:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 21:25 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 1:1-2 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 20:2-5 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 10:1-52 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 2:38 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 25:1-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 4:16-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 7:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 3:19 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:27-28 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 9:24-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 29:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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