Malachi 2:16 Cross References

Malachi 2:16

16: "For I hate divorce!" says the LORD, the God of Israel. "It is as cruel as putting on a victim's bloodstained coat," says the LORD Almighty. "So guard yourself; always remain loyal to your wife."

Luke 16:18

  1. "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

Matthew 5:31

  1. "You have heard that the law of Moses says, 'A man can divorce his wife by merely giving her a letter of divorce.'
  2. But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

Matthew 19:3

  1. Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: "Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for any reason?"
  2. "Haven't you read the Scriptures?" Jesus replied. "They record that from the beginning 'God made them male and female.'
  3. And he said, 'This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.'
  4. Since they are no longer two but one, let no one separate them, for God has joined them together."
  5. "Then why did Moses say a man could merely write an official letter of divorce and send her away?" they asked.

Mark 10:2

  1. Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question: "Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife?"
  2. "What did Moses say about divorce?" Jesus asked them.
  3. "Well, he permitted it," they replied. "He said a man merely has to write his wife an official letter of divorce and send her away."
  4. But Jesus responded, "He wrote those instructions only as a concession to your hard-hearted wickedness.
  5. But God's plan was seen from the beginning of creation, for 'He made them male and female.'

Deuteronomy 24:1

  1. "Suppose a man marries a woman but later discovers something about her that is shameful. So he writes her a letter of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away.
  2. If she then leaves and marries another man
  3. and the second husband also divorces her or dies,
  4. the former husband may not marry her again, for she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt upon the land the LORD your God is giving you as a special possession.

Isaiah 50:1

  1. The LORD asks, "Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors? Is that why you are not here? Is your mother gone because I divorced her and sent her away? No, you went away as captives because of your sins. And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.

Isaiah 59:6

  1. They cheat and shortchange everyone. Nothing they do is productive; all their activity is filled with sin. Violence is their trademark.

Proverbs 28:13

  1. People who cover over their sins will not prosper. But if they confess and forsake them, they will receive mercy.

Micah 7:2

  1. The godly people have all disappeared; not one fair-minded person is left on the earth. They are all murderers, even setting traps for their own brothers.
  2. They go about their evil deeds with both hands. How skilled they are at using them! Officials and judges alike demand bribes. The people with money and influence pay them off, and together they scheme to twist justice.

Isaiah 28:20

  1. For you have no place of refuge--the bed you have made is too short to lie on. The blankets are too narrow to cover you.
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