Malachi 2:15

Overview - Malachi 2
He sharply reproves the priests for neglecting their covenant;
10 and the people for marrying strange wives;
13 and for putting away their former ones,
17 and for infidelity.
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Malachi 2:15  (King James Version)
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
Genesis 1:27 ; 2:20-24 Matthew 19:4-6 ; Mark 10:6-8 ; 1 Corinthians 7:2

residue
or, excellency. the spirit.
Genesis 2:7 ; Job 27:3 ; Ecclesiastes 12:7 ; John 20:22

That he
Genesis 24:3-7 Genesis 24:44 ; Genesis 26:34 Genesis 26:35 27:46 28:2-4 Deuteronomy 7:4 ; Ezra 9:4 ; Nehemiah 13:24
Jeremiah 2:21 ; 1 Corinthians 7:14 ; Ephesians 6:4 ; 1 Timothy 3:4 1 Timothy 3:5 1 Timothy 3:11 1 Timothy 3:12 ; Titus 1:6

godly seed
Hebrew seed of God.
Genesis 6:2 ; Hosea 1:10 ; Acts 3:25 ; 2 Corinthians 6:18

take
14 ; Proverbs 4:23 ; 6:25 7:25 Matthew 5:28 Matthew 5:29 ; 15:19 James 1:14 James 1:15

treacherously
or, unfaithfully.