Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Covereth
Bible References
The lord
Deuteronomy 24:1
When a man marries a woman and later decides he does not love her because he found something he does not like about her he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house.
Isaiah 50:1
This is what Jehovah says: Where are your mother's divorce papers? Did I give her any to get rid of her? To which of my creditors did I sell you? You were sold because of your sins. I got rid of your mother because of your rebellion.
Matthew 5:31
Again, it was said, 'Whoever gets rid of his wife has to give her a certificate of divorce.'
Matthew 19:3
Pharisees came to him. They tested him, asking: Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?
Mark 10:2
Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. Does our Law allow a man to divorce his wife? They asked.
Luke 16:18
A man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery. The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. [Jesus continued to tell illustrations.]
Covereth
Proverbs 28:13
The man who covers his sins will not be blessed; but whoever confesses and leaves them will have mercy.
Isaiah 28:20
The bed is too short on which to stretch out, and the cover so narrow that one cannot wrap himself in it.
Isaiah 59:6
Their webs cannot be used for clothes. They cannot cover themselves with their works for their works are evil. Their hands have committed acts of violence.
Micah 7:2
The godly (loyal) (holy) man has perished from the earth. There is none upright among men! They all lie in wait for blood. Every man hunts his own brother with a net.