Malachi 2:16

English Standard Version 2016

“For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”

Cross References

Luke 16:18

“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

Proverbs 28:13

Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs will not serve as clothing; men will not cover themselves with what they make. Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the Lord: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Isaiah 28:20

For the bed is too short to stretch oneself on, and the covering too narrow to wrap oneself in.

1 Corinthians 7:10

To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband

Psalm 73:6

Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.

Proverbs 5:20

Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?