Malachi 2:1

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And now, O you priests, this order is for you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
  • Jer 13:13 : 13 Then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, I will make all the people of this land, even the kings seated on David's seat, and the priests and the prophets and all the people of Jerusalem, overcome with strong drink.
  • Lam 4:13 : 13 It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil-doing of her priests, by whom the blood of the upright has been drained out in her.
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.

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  • Mal 2:2
    84%

    2 If you will not give ear and take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse on you and will put a curse on your blessing: truly, even now I have put a curse on it, because you do not take it to heart.

  • Mal 2:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7 For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

    8 But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made the agreement of Levi of no value, says the Lord of armies.

    9 And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.

  • Hos 5:1
    78%

    1 Give ear to this, O priests; give attention, O Israel, and you, family of the king; for you are to be judged; you have been a deceit at Mizpah and a net stretched out on Tabor.

  • Mal 1:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6 A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?

    7 You put unclean bread on my altar. And you say, How have we made it unclean? By your saying, The table of the Lord is of no value.

  • Hag 2:11
    75%

    11 These are the words of the Lord of armies: Put now a point of law to the priests, saying,

  • Mal 2:4
    75%

    4 And you will be certain that I have sent this order to you, so that it might be my agreement with Levi, says the Lord of armies.

  • Hag 1:5
    74%

    5 For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways.

  • Jer 11:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 Give ear to the words of this agreement, and say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem,

    3 The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,

  • 2 Chr 13:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 And after driving out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, have you not made priests for yourselves as the people of other lands do? so that anyone who comes to make himself priest by offering an ox or seven sheep, may be a priest of those who are no gods.

    10 But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not been turned away from him; we have priests who do the work of the Lord, even the sons of Aaron and the Levites in their places;

  • Deut 11:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27 The blessing if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, which I give you this day:

    28 And the curse if you do not give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, but let yourselves be turned from the way which I have put before you this day, and go after other gods which are not yours.

  • Mal 1:9
    73%

    9 And now, make request for the grace of God so that he may have mercy on us: this has been your doing: will he give his approval to any of you? says the Lord of armies.

  • Hag 1:7
    73%

    7 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Give thought to your ways.

  • Jer 26:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 And you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: If you do not give ear to me and go in the way of my law which I have put before you,

    5 And give ear to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, getting up early and sending them, though you gave no attention;

  • Lev 22:1
    72%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Mal 3:9
    72%

    9 You are cursed with a curse; for you have kept back from me what is mine, even all this nation.

  • Exod 19:6
    72%

    6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.

  • Num 16:10
    72%

    10 Letting you, and all your brothers the sons of Levi, come near to him? and would you now be priests?

  • Joel 1:13
    72%

    13 Put haircloth round you and give yourselves to sorrow, you priests; give cries of grief, you servants of the altar: come in, and, clothed in haircloth, let the night go past, you servants of my God: for the meal offering and the drink offering have been kept back from the house of your God.

  • Mal 1:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.

    14 A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.

  • Mal 3:7
    72%

    7 From the days of your fathers you have been turned away from my rules and have not kept them. Come back to me, and I will come back to you, says the Lord of armies. But you say, How are we to come back?

  • Jer 10:1
    72%

    1 Give ear to the word which the Lord says to you, O people of Israel:

  • Mal 2:13
    72%

    13 And this again you do: covering the altar of the Lord with weeping and with grief, so that he gives no more thought to the offering, and does not take it with pleasure from your hand.

  • Jer 11:6
    72%

    6 And the Lord said to me, Give out these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Give ear to the words of this agreement and do them.

  • Num 18:1
    71%

    1 And the Lord said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father's family are to be responsible for all wrongdoing in relation to the holy place: and you and your sons are to be responsible for the errors which come about in your work as priests.

  • Joel 2:17
    71%

    17 Let the priests, the servants of the Lord, be weeping between the covered way and the altar, and let them say, Have mercy on your people, O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers: why let them say among the peoples, Where is their God?

  • Jer 2:4
    71%

    4 Give ear to the words of the Lord, O sons of Jacob and all the families of Israel:

  • Deut 27:10
    71%

    10 For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

  • Num 15:22
    71%

    22 And if in error you go against any of these laws which the Lord has given to Moses,

  • Lev 17:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

    2 Say to Aaron and to his sons and to all the children of Israel: This is the order which the Lord has given.

  • Jer 29:25
    71%

    25 Shemaiah the Nehelamite sent a letter in his name to Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

  • Exod 19:22
    71%

    22 And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.

  • 2 Chr 24:20
    71%

    20 Then the spirit of God came on Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, and, getting up before the people, he said to them, God has said, Why do you go against the orders of the Lord, so that everything goes badly for you? because you have given up the Lord, he has given you up.

  • Jer 22:1
    71%

    1 This is what the Lord has said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there give him this word,

  • Jer 2:8
    71%

    8 The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.

  • Hos 4:9
    70%

    9 And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts.

  • 2 Chr 31:4
    70%

    4 In addition, he gave orders to the people of Jerusalem to give to the priests and Levites that part which was theirs by right, so that they might be strong in keeping the law of the Lord.

  • Zech 1:4
    70%

    4 Be not like your fathers, to whom the voice of the earlier prophets came, saying, Be turned now from your evil ways and from your evil doings: but they did not give ear to me or take note, says the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 29:5
    70%

    5 And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.

  • Jer 2:1
    70%

    1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    70%

    12 And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.

  • Jer 28:7
    70%

    7 But still, give ear to this word which I am saying to you and to all the people: