Malachi 2:6

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True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace and righteousness, turning numbers of people away from evil-doing.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 23:22 : 22 But if they had been in my secret, then they would have made my people give ear to my words, turning them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
  • Jas 5:19-20 : 19 My brothers, if one of you has gone out of the way of the true faith and another has made him see his error, 20 Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.
  • Mark 12:14 : 14 And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
  • Luke 20:21 : 21 And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
  • 1 Thess 1:9-9 : 9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God, 10 Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.
  • 2 Tim 2:15-16 : 15 Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way. 16 But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,
  • Titus 1:7-9 : 7 For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself; 8 But opening his house freely to guests; a lover of what is good, serious-minded, upright, holy, self-controlled; 9 Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.
  • Rev 14:5 : 5 And in their mouth there was no false word, for they are untouched by evil.
  • Ezek 44:23-24 : 23 And they are to make clear to my people the division between what is holy and what is common, and to give them the knowledge of what is clean and what is unclean. 24 In any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.
  • Gen 5:21-24 : 21 And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah: 22 And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters: 23 And all the years of Enoch's life were three hundred and sixty-five: 24 And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.
  • Gen 6:9 : 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him, and said, I am God, Ruler of all; go in my ways and be upright in all things,
  • Deut 33:10 : 10 They will be the teachers of your decisions to Jacob and of your law to Israel: the burning of perfumes before you will be their right, and the ordering of burned offerings on your altar.
  • Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

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  • 2 Sam 22:22-24
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    22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.

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    22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:

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    3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

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    30 The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

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    4 Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

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    15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

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    16 These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

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    11 But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

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    16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.

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    22 False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

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    3 They do no evil; they go in his ways.

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    5 And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.

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    10 All the ways of the Lord are mercy and good faith for those who keep his agreement and his witness.

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    7 The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.

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    8 With him I will have talk mouth to mouth, openly and not in dark sayings; and with his eyes he will see the form of the Lord: why then had you no fear of saying evil against my servant Moses?

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    9 Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

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    3 For your mercy is before my eyes; and I have gone in the way of your good faith.

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    4 As for you, if you will go on your way before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions;