Malachi 2:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

For I hate divorce, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and covering one’s garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So take heed to yourselves and do not be faithless.

Cross References

Luke 16:18

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

Proverbs 28:13

No one who conceals transgressions will prosper, but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs cannot serve as clothing; they cannot 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 bill of divorce with which I dismissed her? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? No, because of your sins you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was dismissed.

Isaiah 28:20

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

1 Corinthians 7:10

To the married I give this command—not I but the Lord—that the wife should not separate from her husband

Psalm 73:6

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

Proverbs 5:20

Why should you be intoxicated, my son, by another woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?