Malachi 2:14
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14 Yet you say, “For what reason?”
Because the Lord has been witness
Between you and (A)the wife of your youth,
With whom you have dealt treacherously;
(B)Yet she is your companion
And your wife by covenant.
Malachi 2:15
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15 But (A)did He not make them one,
Having a remnant of the Spirit?
And why one?
He seeks (B)godly offspring.
Therefore take heed to your spirit,
And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.
Isaiah 54:6
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6 For the Lord (A)has called you
Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Like a youthful wife when you were refused,”
Says your God.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
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9 [a]Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; (A)for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:9 Lit. See life
Genesis 31:50
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50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us—see, God is witness between you and me!”
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Malachi 3:5
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5 And I will come near you for judgment;
I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers,
Against adulterers,
(A)Against perjurers,
Against those who (B)exploit wage earners and (C)widows and orphans,
And against those who turn away an alien—
Because they do not fear Me,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 42:5
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5 So they said to Jeremiah, (A)“Let the Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not do according to everything which the Lord your God sends us by you.
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Jeremiah 8:12
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12 Were they (A)ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No! They were not at all ashamed,
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
In the time of their punishment
They shall be cast down,” says the Lord.
Proverbs 2:17
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17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
Malachi 1:6-7
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Polluted Offerings
6 “A son (A)honors his father,
And a servant his master.
(B)If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the Lord of hosts
To you priests who despise My name.
(C)Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’
7 “You offer (D)defiled food on My altar,
But say,
‘In what way have we defiled You?’
By saying,
(E)‘The table of the Lord is [a]contemptible.’
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- Malachi 1:7 Or to be despised
Micah 1:2
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The Coming Judgment on Israel
2 Hear, all you peoples!
Listen, O earth, and all that is in it!
Let the Lord God be a witness against you,
The Lord from (A)His holy temple.
Ezekiel 16:8
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8 “When I passed by you again and looked upon you, indeed your time was the time of love; (A)so I spread [a]My wing over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I (B)swore an oath to you and entered into a (C)covenant with you, and (D)you became Mine,” says the Lord God.
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- Ezekiel 16:8 Or the corner of My garment
Proverbs 30:20
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20 This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth,
And says, “I have done no wickedness.”
Proverbs 5:18-19
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18 Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice with (A)the wife of your youth.
19 (B)As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be [a]enraptured with her love.
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- Proverbs 5:19 Lit. intoxicated
1 Samuel 12:5
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5 Then he said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, (A)that you have not found anything (B)in my hand.”
And they answered, “He is witness.”
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Genesis 2:18
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18 And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; (A)I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
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Isaiah 58:3
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3 ‘Why(A) have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You have not seen?
Why have we (B)afflicted our souls, and You take no notice?’
“In fact, in the day of your fast you find pleasure,
And [a]exploit all your laborers.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 58:3 Lit. drive hard
Judges 11:10
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10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, (A)“The Lord will be a witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.”
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Malachi 3:8
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Do Not Rob God
8 “Will a man rob God?
Yet you have robbed Me!
But you say,
‘In what way have we robbed You?’
(A)In tithes and offerings.
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