Malachi 2:14
English Standard Version
14 (A)But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord (B)was witness between you and the wife of your youth, (C)to whom (D)you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
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Malachi 2:14
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14 You ask,(A) “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness(B) between you and the wife of your youth.(C) You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.(D)
Isaiah 54:6
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6 (A)For the Lord has called you
like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,
like a wife of youth when she is cast off,
says your God.
Isaiah 54:6
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be (A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those (B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, (C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(A) adulterers(B) and perjurers,(C) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(D) who oppress the widows(E) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(F) among you of justice, but do not fear(G) me,” says the Lord Almighty.
Malachi 2:15
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15 (A)Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?[a] And what was the one God[b] seeking?[c] (B)Godly offspring. So guard yourselves[d] in your spirit, and let none of you be (C)faithless to the wife of your youth.
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- Malachi 2:15 Hebrew in it
- Malachi 2:15 Hebrew the one
- Malachi 2:15 Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?
- Malachi 2:15 Or So take care; also verse 16
Malachi 2:15
New International Version
15 Has not the one God made you?(A) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.[a](B) So be on your guard,(C) and do not be unfaithful(D) to the wife of your youth.
Footnotes
- Malachi 2:15 The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.
Genesis 31:50
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50 If you oppress my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one is with us, see, (A)God is witness between you and me.”
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Genesis 31:50
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50 If you mistreat(A) my daughters or if you take any wives besides my daughters, even though no one is with us, remember that God is a witness(B) between you and me.”(C)
Jeremiah 42:5
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5 Then they said to Jeremiah, (A)“May the Lord be a true and (B)faithful witness against us (C)if we do not act according to all the word (D)with which the Lord your God sends you to us.
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Jeremiah 42:5
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5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true(A) and faithful(B) witness(C) against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us.
Jeremiah 8:12
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12 Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
No, (A)they were not at all ashamed;
they did not know how to blush.
(B)Therefore they shall fall among the fallen;
when I punish them, they shall be overthrown,
says the Lord.
Jeremiah 8:12
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Ecclesiastes 9:9
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9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your (A)vain[a] life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your (B)portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:9 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
Ecclesiastes 9:9
New International Version
9 Enjoy life with your wife,(A) whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot(B) in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.
Malachi 1:6-7
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The Priests' Polluted Offerings
6 (A)“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am (B)a father, where is my honor? And if I am (C)a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. (D)But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 (E)By offering polluted food upon my altar. (F)But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that (G)the Lord's table may be despised.
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Malachi 1:6-7
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Breaking Covenant Through Blemished Sacrifices
6 “A son honors his father,(A) and a slave his master.(B) If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect(C) due me?” says the Lord Almighty.(D)
“It is you priests who show contempt for my name.
“But you ask,(E) ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’
7 “By offering defiled food(F) on my altar.
“But you ask,(G) ‘How have we defiled you?’
“By saying that the Lord’s table(H) is contemptible.
Ezekiel 16:8
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8 “When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and (A)I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you (B)and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord God, (C)and you became mine.
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Ezekiel 16:8
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8 “‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment(A) over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant(B) with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.(C)
Proverbs 30:20
English Standard Version
20 This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I have done no wrong.”
Proverbs 30:20
New International Version
20 “This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth
and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’(A)
Proverbs 5:18-19
English Standard Version
18 Let your (A)fountain be blessed,
and (B)rejoice in (C)the wife of your youth,
19 a lovely (D)deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts (E)fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated[a] always in her love.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:19 Hebrew be led astray; also verse 20
Proverbs 5:18-19
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