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Malachi 2:15 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Malachi 2:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Malachi chapter 2 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. residue: or, excellency godly: Heb. seed of God treacherously: or, unfaithfully”
Malachi 2:15 (KJV)
Commentary on Malachi 2:15
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? This notoriously difficult verse likely alludes to Genesis 2:21-24—God made אֶחָד (echad, one) unified flesh from Adam and Eve, though He had רוּחַ (ruach, spirit/life-force) sufficient to create many wives for Adam. The divine self-limitation to monogamy establishes God's creational design. That he might seek a godly seed—זֶרַע אֱלֹהִים (zera elohim, offspring of God) reveals marriage's covenantal purpose: producing children raised in Yahweh-worship. Divorce and remarriage to pagan women undermines this goal, cr...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Malachi 2:15
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“Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,{Genesis 1:27},And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,,,,,,,,,”
“'Why?' Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth”
“God made them male and female.{Genesis 1:27}”
“and to the birds of the sky”
“So God created man in his own image”
“not slanderers”
“' says the Lord Almighty.{2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8},And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.,,,,,,,,”
“and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean”
“which can't be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that”
“and the spirit of God is in my nostrils);”