Malachi 2:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Did

1 Corinthians 7:2

The spirit

That he

Godly seed

Take

James 1:14

Bible References

Did

God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found.

He answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,

But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female.

But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

The spirit

The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils,

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.

And after he said this, he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

That he

so that I may make you solemnly promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am deeply depressed because of these daughters of Heth. If Jacob were to marry one of these daughters of Heth who live in this land, I would want to die!"

Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

for they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will quickly destroy you.

Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.

Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned) and were unable to speak the language of Judah.

I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?

For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

Godly seed

the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.

However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "You are children of the living God!"

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, 'And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.'

and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters," says the All-Powerful Lord.

Take

Yet you ask, "Why?" The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.

Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life.

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways -- do not wander into her pathways;

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires.