Malachi 2:16

Tree of Life Version

“For I hate divorce,” —says Adonai the God of Israel— “and the one who covers his garment with injustice,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. So protect your spirit— do not act treacherously.

Cross References

Psalm 73:6

Therefore, they put on pride as a necklace, and violence wraps around them like a garment.

Proverbs 28:13

One who covers up his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them finds mercy.

Proverbs 5:20

Why, my son, be captivated by a seducing woman? Why embrace a foreigner’s bosom?

Isaiah 28:20

For too short is the bed to stretch on, too narrow the blanket to wrap up in.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says Adonai: “Where is the divorce certificate, by which I sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? See, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Isaiah 59:6

Their webs will not become clothing, nor will they cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are works of iniquity, an act of violence is in their hands.

Luke 16:18

Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. And he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

1 Corinthians 7:10

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—a wife is not to be separated from her husband