Malachi 2:16

New International Reader's Version

“Suppose a man hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord God of Israel. “Then he is harming the one he should protect,” says the Lord who rules over all. So be careful. And don’t be unfaithful.

Cross References

Psalm 73:6

Their pride is like a necklace. They put on meanness as if it were their clothes.

Proverbs 28:13

Anyone who hides their sins doesn’t succeed. But anyone who admits their sins and gives them up finds mercy.

Proverbs 5:20

My son, why be captured by another man’s wife? Why hug a woman who has gone astray?

Isaiah 28:20

You will be like someone whose bed is too short to lie down on. You will be like those whose blankets are too small to wrap themselves in.

Isaiah 50:1

The Lord says to the people in Jerusalem, “Do you think I divorced your people who lived before you? Is that why I sent them away? If it is, show me the letter of divorce. I did not sell you into slavery to pay someone I owe. You were sold because you sinned against me. Your people were sent away because of their lawless acts.

Isaiah 59:6

Those people weave their evil plans together like a spider’s web. But the webs they make can’t be used as clothes. They can’t cover themselves with what they make. Their acts are evil. They do things to harm others.

Luke 16:18

“Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery. Also, the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:10

I give a command to those who are married. It is a direct command from the Lord, not from me. A wife must not leave her husband.