Malachi 2:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Didn't God create you to become like one person with your wife? And why did he do this? It was so you would have children, and then lead them to become God's people. Don't ever be unfaithful to your wife.

Cross References

Genesis 1:27

So God created humans to be like himself; he made men and women.

Genesis 2:7

The LORD God took a handful of soil and made a man. God breathed life into the man, and the man started breathing.

Genesis 24:44

If she gives me a drink and offers to get some water for my camels, I'll know she is the one you have chosen.”

Genesis 27:46

Rebekah later told Isaac, “Those Hittite wives of Esau are making my life miserable! If Jacob marries a Hittite woman, I'd be better off dead.”

Ezra 9:4

until time for the evening sacrifice. Many of our people were greatly concerned and gathered around me, because the God of Israel had warned us to stay away from foreigners.

Nehemiah 13:24

About half of their children could not speak Hebrew—they spoke only the language of Ashdod or some other foreign language.

Job 27:3

and while he gives me breath,

Exodus 20:14

Be faithful in marriage.

Proverbs 2:17

who breaks her wedding vows and leaves the man she married when she was young.

Proverbs 4:23

Carefully guard your thoughts because they are the source of true life.

Proverbs 6:25

Don't let yourself be attracted by the charm and lovely eyes of someone like that.

Proverbs 7:25

Don't even think about that kind of woman or let yourself be misled by someone like her.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

So our bodies return to the earth, and the life-giving breath returns to God.

Jeremiah 2:21

You were a choice grapevine, but now you produce nothing but small, rotten grapes.

Hosea 1:10

Some day it will be impossible to count the people of Israel, because there will be as many of them as there are grains of sand along the seashore. They are now called “Not My People”, but in the future they will be called “Children of the Living God”.

Leviticus 20:10

If any of you men have sex with another man's wife, both you and the woman will be put to death.

Malachi 2:14

And why isn't God pleased? It's because he knows that each of you men has been unfaithful to the wife you married when you were young. You promised that she would be your partner, but now you have broken that promise.

Matthew 15:19

Out of your heart come evil thoughts, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, vulgar deeds, stealing, telling lies, and insulting others.

John 20:22

Then he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Acts 3:25

You are really the ones God told his prophets to speak to. And you were given the promise that God made to your ancestors. He said to Abraham, “All nations on earth will be blessed because of someone from your family.”

1 Corinthians 7:14

Your husband or wife who isn't a follower is made holy by having you as a partner. This also makes your children holy and keeps them from being unclean in God's sight.

1 Corinthians 7:2

Well, having your own husband or wife should keep you from doing something immoral.

2 Corinthians 6:18

and be your Father. You will be my sons and my daughters, as surely as I am God, the All-Powerful.”

Ephesians 6:4

Parents, don't be hard on your children. Raise them properly. Teach them and instruct them about the Lord.

Deuteronomy 7:4

If you do, those people will lead your descendants to worship other gods and to turn their backs on the LORD. That will make him very angry, and he will quickly destroy Israel.

Titus 1:6

they must have a good reputation and be faithful in marriage. Their children must be followers of the Lord and not have a reputation for being wild and disobedient.

Ruth 4:12

May the children you have by this young woman make your family as famous as the family of Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah.

1 Samuel 2:20

Eli would always bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “Samuel was born in answer to your prayers. Now you have given him to the LORD. I pray that the LORD will bless you with more children to take his place.” After Eli had blessed them, Elkanah and Hannah would return home.