Malachi 2:15

Bible in Basic English 1965

(UNTRANSLATED TEXT) So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

Cross References

Genesis 1:27

And God made man in his image, in the image of God he made him: male and female he made them.

Genesis 2:7

And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

Genesis 24:44

Take a drink, and I will get water for your camels; let her be the woman marked out by the Lord for my master's son.

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?

Genesis 6:2

The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

Ezra 9:4

Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.

Nehemiah 13:24

And their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' language, but made use of the language of the two peoples.

Job 27:3

For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;

Exodus 20:14

Do not be false to the married relation.

Proverbs 2:17

Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

Proverbs 4:23

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

Proverbs 6:25

Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

Proverbs 7:25

Let not your heart be turned to her ways, do not go wandering in her footsteps.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.

Jeremiah 2:21

But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?

Hosea 1:10

But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

Leviticus 20:10

And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

Malachi 2:14

But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

John 20:22

And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the Holy Spirit come on you:

Acts 3:25

You are the sons of the prophets, and of the agreement which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, Through your seed a blessing will come on all the families of the earth.

1 Corinthians 7:14

For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

2 Corinthians 6:18

And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.

Ephesians 6:4

And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 7:4

For through them your sons will be turned from me to the worship of other gods: and the Lord will be moved to wrath against you and send destruction on you quickly.

Titus 1:6

Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

Ruth 4:12

May your family be like the family of Perez, the son whom Tamar gave to Judah, from the offspring which the Lord may give you by this young woman.

1 Samuel 2:20

And every year Eli gave Elkanah and his wife a blessing, saying, May the Lord give you offspring by this woman in exchange for the child you have given to the Lord. And they went back to their house.