16For 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.
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The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? …
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: …
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. …
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-17)Corrupt practices are the genuine fruit and product of corrupt principles; and the badness of men’s hearts and lives is owing to some loose atheistical notions which they have got and which they govern themselves by. Now, in these verses, we have an instance of this; we here find men dealing falsely with one another, and it is because they think falsely of their God. Observe, I. How corrupt their…
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