Malachi 2:16

New International Version

“The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,” says the Lord Almighty. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.

Cross References

Psalm 73:6

Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.

Proverbs 28:13

Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Proverbs 5:20

Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

Isaiah 28:20

The bed is too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the Lord says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Isaiah 59:6

Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

Luke 16:18

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

1 Corinthians 7:10

To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.