Malachi 2:16

The Scriptures 2009

“For I hate divorce,” said יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, “and the one who covers his garment with cruelty,” said יהוה of hosts. “So you shall guard your spirit, and do not act treacherously.”

Cross References

Psalm 73:6

So pride is their necklace, The garment of violence covers them.

Proverbs 28:13

He who hides his transgressions does not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them finds compassion.

Proverbs 5:20

For why should you, my son, Be captivated by a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

Isaiah 28:20

For the bed shall be too short for a man to stretch out on, and the covering shall be too narrow to wrap himself in it.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says יהוה, “Where is the certificate of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Look, you were sold for your crookednesses, and your mother was put away for your transgressions.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs do not become garments, nor do they cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of wickedness, and a deed of violence is in their hands.

Luke 16:18

Everyone putting away his wife and marrying another commits adultery. And everyone marrying her who is put away from her husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:10

And to the married I command, not I, but the Master: A wife should not separate from a husband.