Malachi 2
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1And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
Malachi 2:1
2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Malachi 2:2
3Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
Malachi 2:3
4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 2:4
5My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.
Malachi 2:5
6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
Malachi 2:6
7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 2:7
8But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 2:8
9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
Malachi 2:9
10Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Malachi 2:10
11Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Malachi 2:11
12The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 2:12
13And 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.
Malachi 2:13
14Yet 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.
Malachi 2:14
15And 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.
Malachi 2:15
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.
Malachi 2:16
17Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
Malachi 2:17
Chapter 2
Cross References
Malachi 2:1
Malachi 1:6¶ A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, w...Hosea 5:1Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O hou...Jeremiah 13:13Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the...Lamentations 4:13¶ For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have she...
Malachi 2:2
Luke 17:18There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.Revelation 14:7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his j...Psalms 69:22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for...Psalms 81:11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.1 Peter 4:11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let...
Malachi 2:3
Nahum 3:6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set the...Malachi 2:9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, acco...1 Kings 14:10Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut of...Exodus 29:14But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with f...Joel 1:17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns a...
Malachi 2:4
Numbers 3:12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instea...Ezekiel 38:23Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes...Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his...John 15:2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that...Jeremiah 28:9The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come...
Malachi 2:5
Numbers 25:12Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:Ezekiel 34:25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to...Ezekiel 37:26Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting c...Numbers 8:15And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of th...Exodus 32:26Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’s side? l...
Malachi 2:6
Daniel 12:3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they t...Revelation 14:5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the thr...2 Timothy 2:15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashame...Jeremiah 23:22But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words,...Acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power...
Malachi 2:7
2 Timothy 2:24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to...Leviticus 10:11And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hat...Deuteronomy 21:5And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath...2 Corinthians 5:20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we...Ezra 7:10For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and t...
Malachi 2:8
Nehemiah 13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the coven...Jeremiah 18:15Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and the...Isaiah 30:11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel...Ezekiel 44:10And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which w...1 Samuel 2:17Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhor...
Malachi 2:9
Deuteronomy 1:17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as...1 Samuel 2:30Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the ho...Malachi 2:8But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; y...Micah 3:6Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall...Ezekiel 13:21Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and the...
Malachi 2:10
Psalms 100:3Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselve...Malachi 2:11¶ Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and...1 Corinthians 8:6But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in hi...Ephesians 4:6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.Isaiah 63:16Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel ackn...
Malachi 2:11
2 Corinthians 6:14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath ri...Ezra 9:1Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of I...Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremo...Jeremiah 2:3Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that...Ezra 9:12Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daught...
Malachi 2:12
Isaiah 9:14Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in o...Numbers 24:5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!Nehemiah 13:28And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in l...Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles be...Isaiah 66:3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if...
Cross References
Malachi 2:1
Malachi 1:6¶ A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, w...Hosea 5:1Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O hou...Jeremiah 13:13Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the...Lamentations 4:13¶ For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have she...
Malachi 2:2
Luke 17:18There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.Revelation 14:7Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his j...Psalms 69:22Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for...Psalms 81:11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.1 Peter 4:11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let...
Malachi 2:3
Nahum 3:6And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set the...Malachi 2:9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, acco...1 Kings 14:10Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut of...Exodus 29:14But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with f...Joel 1:17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns a...
Malachi 2:4
Numbers 3:12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instea...Ezekiel 38:23Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes...Matthew 3:12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his...John 15:2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that...Jeremiah 28:9The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come...
Malachi 2:5
Numbers 25:12Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:Ezekiel 34:25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to...Ezekiel 37:26Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting c...Numbers 8:15And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of th...Exodus 32:26Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’s side? l...
Malachi 2:6
Daniel 12:3And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they t...Revelation 14:5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the thr...2 Timothy 2:15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashame...Jeremiah 23:22But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words,...Acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power...
Malachi 2:7
2 Timothy 2:24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to...Leviticus 10:11And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hat...Deuteronomy 21:5And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath...2 Corinthians 5:20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we...Ezra 7:10For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and t...
Malachi 2:8
Nehemiah 13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the coven...Jeremiah 18:15Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and the...Isaiah 30:11Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel...Ezekiel 44:10And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which w...1 Samuel 2:17Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhor...
Malachi 2:9
Deuteronomy 1:17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as...1 Samuel 2:30Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the ho...Malachi 2:8But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; y...Micah 3:6Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall...Ezekiel 13:21Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and the...
Malachi 2:10
Psalms 100:3Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselve...Malachi 2:11¶ Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and...1 Corinthians 8:6But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in hi...Ephesians 4:6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.Isaiah 63:16Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel ackn...
Malachi 2:11
2 Corinthians 6:14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath ri...Ezra 9:1Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of I...Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremo...Jeremiah 2:3Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that...Ezra 9:12Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daught...
Malachi 2:12
Isaiah 9:14Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in o...Numbers 24:5How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!Nehemiah 13:28And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in l...Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles be...Isaiah 66:3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if...