Bible Verses

I hate divorce, says the Lord, the God of Israel, and those who are actually covering their violence. Be very careful, and do not betray.

Has not God made a single being and given him breath? And what does he seek but a family, given by God? Do not betray, then, the wife of your youth.

And then you ask: “Why?” It is because the Lord has seen how you dealt with your first wife, the wife of your youth. You betrayed her, even though she was your companion, with whom you made a covenant.

You also commit another wrongdoing. As the Lord refuses to accept your offerings and does not regard them, you come weeping and wailing, covering the altar with tears.

Let anyone who does this be cut off from the homeland of Jacob; let no one defend him in court or present an offering for him to the Lord.

Judah has been unfaithful; a serious sin has been committed in Israel and Jerusalem: the people of Judah have defiled the Lord’s sacred inheritance by loving and marrying daughters of a foreign god.

Justice and Loyalty Do we not all share the same father? Has the same God not created us all? Why, then, does each of us betray his brother and break the Covenant of our ancestors?

Therefore, I let all the people despise you and consider you unworthy, because you do not follow my ways; and you show partiality in your judgments.

But you, says the Lord of hosts, have strayed from my way, and caused many to stumble because of your teaching. You have broken my covenant with Levi.

The lips of the priest speak of knowledge, and the law must be found in his mouth since he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.