"A house divided" American marriages Mathew 12: 25-26 taking the inspiration of Matthew 12:25 that a House divided becomes a wasteland, J & S Biblical Productions illustrates this point with a marriage counselor who shows us that most couples are taken in by the unrealistic expectations that come from movies and TV and who believe that the man or woman they are going to marry is going to look like a movie star. The divorce rate that follows illustrates this worst bad idea.