Marriage & Being a Spouse
Divorcing a spouse and marrying another can constitute adultery.
Cited Scripture
Matthew 5:32; 19:9; Mark 10:11-12; Luke 16:18.
Read Cited Scripture (KJV) Matthew 5:32; Matthew 19:9; Mark 10:11–12; Luke 16:18
King James Version
Matthew 5:32
32But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew 19:9
9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Mark 10:11–12
11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Luke 16:18
18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (KJV).