Malachi 2:16

Lighthouse Bible 2006

For the LORD, the God of Israel, says that he hates divorce: for a man covers violence with his garment, says the LORD of hosts: therefore be careful of your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.

Cross References

Psalm 73:6

Therefore pride surrounds them as a chain; violence covers them as a garment.

Proverbs 28:13

He who covers his sins shall not prosper: but he who confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.

Proverbs 5:20

And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Isaiah 28:20

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

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have you sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Luke 16:18

Whoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her that is put away from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:10

And to the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, The wife should not leave her husband: