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Matthew 19:9

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

Matthew 19:9 BSB
  1. a SBL and BYZ include And he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery; see Matthew 5:32.

Matthew 19:9 has 16 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 12 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 5:32 (20 votes) and Luke 16:18 (17 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 2 to 1 Peter 3.

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Which verses does Matthew 19:9 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Matthew 5:3220 votes

    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.

  2. Luke 16:1817 votes

    Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  3. 1 Corinthians 7:3915 votes

    A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

  4. 1 Corinthians 7:10–1314 votes

    To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. …

  5. Mark 10:11–1211 votes

    So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”

  6. Romans 7:2–310 votes

    For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage. So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

  7. Genesis 12:18–196 votes

    So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

  8. Genesis 20:36 votes

    One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

  9. Jeremiah 3:86 votes

    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.

  10. Jeremiah 3:15 votes

    “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.

  11. 1 Corinthians 5:15 votes
  12. 1 Corinthians 7:44 votes

    The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.

  13. Ezekiel 16:153 votes
  14. Ezekiel 16:293 votes
  15. 2 Chronicles 21:112 votes
  16. Ezekiel 16:82 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 19:9?

The 10 strongest of 12.