Malachi 2:14
Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Cross-references
Malachi 2:15 expands on the same theme: God made them one and seeks godly offspring, reinforcing the call to faithfulness.
Malachi 2:10 expands the charge of faithlessness to include covenant breaking among brethren — reinforcing the treachery against the wife in 2:14.
Malachi 3:8 continues the pattern: Israel asks 'How have we robbed you?' just as they ask 'Why does he not?' — both expose hypocritical ignorance of sin.
Malachi 3:5 lists adulterers among those God will judge — directly connecting to the marriage faithlessness condemned here.
Malachi 1:7 uses the same 'you say' accusation — Israel questions God while defiling the altar, mirroring their questioning here over broken marriage vows.
Genesis 31:50 has Laban calling God as witness between Jacob and his daughters — the same divine witness to marriage covenant invoked here.
Ezekiel 16:8 depicts God's covenant with Israel as a marriage, echoing the marriage covenant imagery used here.
Isaiah 54:6 uses the same 'wife of youth' image for God's relationship with Israel, paralleling the covenant theme.
Ecclesiastes 9:9 commands joy with the wife you love, in stark contrast to the betrayal rebuked here.
Proverbs 5:19 extols delight in her love, opposing the breach of covenant described here.
Proverbs 5:18 blesses the wife of your youth, contrasting with the faithlessness condemned here.
Proverbs 2:17 describes forsaking the companion of youth and covenant, directly parallel to the faithlessness rebuked here.
Genesis 2:24 establishes the one-flesh marriage covenant that Malachi 2:14 calls the 'wife by covenant' — the foundation for condemning faithlessness.
Matthew 5:32 echoes Malachi's condemnation of divorce — Jesus upholds the marriage covenant except in cases of unchastity.
Matthew 19:6 affirms God joins husband and wife as one flesh—echoing the covenant bond Malachi calls faithlessness to violate.
Matthew 19:8 explains that Moses permitted divorce due to hardness of heart—contrasting with Malachi's condemnation of faithlessness to the covenant wife.
1 Corinthians 7:10 commands wives not to separate from husbands—reinforcing Malachi's prohibition against breaking the marriage covenant.
Isaiah 58:3 shows Israel questioning God's response while ignoring their own sin, similar to their 'Why?' in Malachi 2:14.
Jeremiah 8:12 describes shamelessness over abominations — Israel here shows no shame in breaking the marriage covenant and questioning God.
Proverbs 30:20 describes an adulteress who denies wrongdoing after eating — parallel to Israel's faithlessness and denial here.