Malachi 2:15
Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. Therefore guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
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did.

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 2:20-24
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. . . .

Matthew 19:4-6
Jesus answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female' . . .

Mark 10:6-8
However, from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.' . . .

1 Corinthians 7:2
But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

residue.

Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Job 27:3
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

Ecclesiastes 12:7
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

John 20:22
When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

That he.

Genesis 24:3-7, 44
and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, . . .

Genesis 26:34, 35
When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. . . .

Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?"

Genesis 28:2-4
"Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother's father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. . . .

Deuteronomy 7:4
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.

Ezra 9:4
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.

Nehemiah 13:24
Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak Hebrew.

Jeremiah 2:21
I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before me, into a rotten wild vine?

1 Corinthians 7:14
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.

Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

1 Timothy 3:4, 5, 11, 12
An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity. . . .

Titus 1:6
An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who are believers and are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

godly seed.

Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people, ' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'

Acts 3:25
And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers, when He said to Abraham, 'Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.'

2 Corinthians 6:18
And: "I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

take.

Malachi 2:14
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.

Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

Proverbs 6:25
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

Proverbs 7:25
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

Matthew 5:28, 29
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. . . .

Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

James 1:14, 15
But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. . . .

treacherously.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did that one do while he was seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth.

King James 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Didn't the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek? A godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth."

International Standard Version
Did he not make them one? And the vestige of the spirit remains in him. And why did he make them one? He was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and don't be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

NET Bible
No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.
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