Malachi 2:16

A Conservative Version

For I hate putting away, says LORD, the God of Israel, and him who covers his garment with violence, says LORD of hosts. Therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

Cross References

Luke 16:18

Every man who divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery, and every man who marries her who has been divorced from a husband commits adultery.

Proverbs 28:13

He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs shall not become garments, nor shall they cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, with which I have put her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities ye were sold, and for your transgressions your moth

Isaiah 28:20

For the bed is shorter than what a man can stretch himself on it, and the covering narrower than what he can wrap himself in it.

1 Corinthians 7:10

And to those who are married, I do not command but the Lord. The wife is not to separate from her husband.

Psalm 73:6

Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment.

Proverbs 5:20

For why should thou, my son, be ravished with an interloping woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?