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Malachi 2:14-17 Corruption of the Priests and Unfaithfulness in Marriage

14 You ask, “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.

15 Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

16 “The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”says the Lord Almighty.

So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.

17 You have wearied the Lord with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.
By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?”

Cross References for Malachi 2:14-17

Malachi 2:15 - Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God s... Click to read the verse Malachi 2:15 Click to read the verse Malachi 2:15

Genesis 2:18 - The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for h... Click to read the verse Genesis 2:18 Click to read the verse Genesis 2:18

Song of Songs 1:15 - Lover How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes are doves. Click to read the verse Song of Songs 1:15 Click to read the verse Song of Songs 1:15

Malachi 3:8 - “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In ti... Click to read the verse Malachi 3:8 Click to read the verse Malachi 3:8

Jeremiah 8:12 - Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even kn... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 8:12 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 8:12

Ruth 4:10 - I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the n... Click to read the verse Ruth 4:10 Click to read the verse Ruth 4:10

Proverbs 5:18-19 - May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. Click to read the verse Proverbs 5:18-19 Click to read the verse Proverbs 5:18-19

Ecclesiastes 9:9 - Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has gi... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 9:9 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 9:9

1 Corinthians 7:2 - But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her ow... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 7:2 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 7:2

Genesis 31:50 - If you mistreat my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one ... Click to read the verse Genesis 31:50 Click to read the verse Genesis 31:50

Jeremiah 42:5 - Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do no... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 42:5 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 42:5

Judges 11:10 - The elders of Gilead replied, “The Lord is our witness; we will certainly do as you say.” Click to read the verse Judges 11:10 Click to read the verse Judges 11:10

Malachi 3:5 - “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers a... Click to read the verse Malachi 3:5 Click to read the verse Malachi 3:5

Jeremiah 29:23 - For they have done outrageous things in Israel; they have committed adultery with their neighbo... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 29:23 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 29:23

Micah 1:2 - Hear, O peoples, all of you, listen, O earth and all who are in it, that the Sovereign Lord may... Click to read the verse Micah 1:2 Click to read the verse Micah 1:2

1 Samuel 12:5 - Samuel said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and also his anointed is witness this da... Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 12:5 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 12:5

Proverbs 30:20 - “This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wr... Click to read the verse Proverbs 30:20 Click to read the verse Proverbs 30:20

Ezekiel 16:8 - “‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spre... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:8 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 16:8

Isaiah 58:3 - ‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and y... Click to read the verse Isaiah 58:3 Click to read the verse Isaiah 58:3

Malachi 1:6-7 - “A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? ... Click to read the verse Malachi 1:6-7 Click to read the verse Malachi 1:6-7

Isaiah 54:6 - The Lord will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit— a wife who... Click to read the verse Isaiah 54:6 Click to read the verse Isaiah 54:6

Malachi 3:13 - “You have spoken arrogantly against me,” says the Lord. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we said agai... Click to read the verse Malachi 3:13 Click to read the verse Malachi 3:13

1 Chronicles 14:3 - In Jerusalem David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters. Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 14:3 Click to read the verse 1 Chronicles 14:3

Malachi 2:17 - You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. By saying, “... Click to read the verse Malachi 2:17 Click to read the verse Malachi 2:17

Jeremiah 3:4 - Have you not just called to me: ‘My Father, my friend from my youth, Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:4 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 3:4

Proverbs 2:17 - who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God. Click to read the verse Proverbs 2:17 Click to read the verse Proverbs 2:17

Matthew 19:6 - So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” Click to read the verse Matthew 19:6 Click to read the verse Matthew 19:6