# Talk:The Wife of His Youth

I originally began editing this article with the intention of increasing its size enough to nominate for DYK. In doing so, however, I think the article is improved enough to merit a review for good article. Does anyone else watch this page, or anyone else stumbling by, care to assist in the process? --Midnightdreary (talk) 20:06, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:The Wife of His Youth/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Seabuckthorn (talk · contribs) 00:19, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Nominator: Midnightdreary (talk)
Hi! My review for this article will be here shortly.  --Seabuckthorn ♥ 00:19, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

1: Well-written

a. Prose is "clear and concise", without copyvios, or spelling and grammar errors: 
b. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists: 

2: Verifiable with no original research

a. Has an appropriate reference section:  Yes
b. Citation to reliable sources where necessary:  excellent (Thorough check on Google.)

c. No original research:   Done

3: Broad in its coverage

4: Neutral

5: Stable: No edit wars, etc:  Yes
6: Images  Done (PD)

As per the above checklist, there are no issues with the article and it’s a GA. Thanks, Midnightdreary, very much for your diligence in writing such great articles. 
Promoting the article to GA status.  --Seabuckthorn ♥ 21:28, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Many thanks, Seabuckthorn, for taking the time to review this article so thoroughly. If you (or anyone else) has further feedback, I'd be happy to hear it. --Midnightdreary (talk) 12:30, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Specifically, it refers to God punishing men who betray their old wives by replacing them with new ones.
Malachi 2:13-15
King James Version
13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 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.
16 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.

Hello and thank you for the comment. This looks like original research. Unless you have a reliable source making this connection, we cannot include this information in the article. --Midnightdreary (talk) 14:43, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
Here's a peer-reviewed source. "The Book of Malachi, however, is not the only scriptural source that Chesnutt is alluding to in the story's title. A variation of the phrase the wife of his youth is also found, as Chesnutt well knew, in the Book of Proverbs" 5:18. Gdr 18:31, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Great find. Is there a reason you have not added this to the article? --Midnightdreary (talk) 12:42, 19 July 2022 (UTC)