Cross references
Malachi 2:15
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.
Malachi 2:15 has 34 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 16 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 19:4–6 (16 votes) and Malachi 2:14 (15 votes). 34 other verses point back to it. It links with 27 other books, from Genesis 1 to 1 Peter 3.
Which verses does Malachi 2:15 point to?
The 20 strongest of 34, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Matthew 19:4–616 votes
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? …
- Malachi 2:1415 votes
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.
- Mark 10:6–815 votes
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, …
- Genesis 1:2711 votes
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
- Genesis 2:20–2411 votes
The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh. …
- 1 Timothy 3:11–128 votes
In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things. A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
- 1 Corinthians 7:147 votes
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
- 2 Corinthians 6:187 votes
And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
- Hosea 1:106 votes
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
- 1 Timothy 3:4–56 votes
An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity. For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
- Job 27:35 votes
- Titus 1:65 votes
- Jeremiah 2:214 votes
- Matthew 5:28–294 votes
- Ephesians 6:44 votes
- James 1:14–154 votes
- Genesis 6:23 votes
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
- Genesis 24:3–73 votes
- Genesis 28:2–43 votes
- Deuteronomy 7:43 votes
because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
Which verses point to Malachi 2:15?
The 10 strongest of 34.