Malachi 2:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“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

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

Proverbs 28:13

He who 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 bill of divorce, with which I put 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 put away.

Isaiah 28:20

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

1 Corinthians 7:10

To the married I give charge, 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 as a garment.

Proverbs 5:20

Why should you be infatuated, my son, with a loose woman and embrace the bosom of an adventuress?