Malachi 2:14-16

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. “For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Malachi 2

4 songs meet this passage

  • “Cheated on my baby”

    Old Town Road (Diplo Remix) · Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus & Diplo

    strains against Malachi 2:14-16

    Infidelity is tossed off casually here, while Scripture treats broken faithfulness in relationship as a serious matter, not a boast.

  • “why we rape our women, do we hate our women”

    Keep Ya Head Up · 2Pac

    resonates with Malachi 2:14-16

    The rebuke of treacherous, violent treatment of women echoes the prophetic call for men to honor and not betray them.

  • “Que hay un pacto entre los dos”

    La Mentira · Luis Miguel

    resonates with Malachi 2:14

    The singer treats the broken relationship as a covenant, resonating with Scripture's own language of marriage and commitment as covenantal.

  • Remember When · Alan Jackson

    resonates with Malachi 2:14-15

    The renewed commitment after hardship echoes the seriousness Scripture places on marriage vows as a covenant witnessed by God.

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