Malachi 2:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

And now, O ye Priests, this commandement is for you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A sonne honoureth his father, and a seruant his master. If then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my feare, sayth the Lorde of hostes vnto you, O Priestes, that despise my Name? and yee say, Wherein haue we despised thy Name?
  • Jer 13:13 : 13 Then shalt thou say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, euen the Kings that sit vpon the throne of Dauid, and the Priestes and the Prophets and all the inhabitantes of Ierusalem with drunkennesse.
  • Lam 4:13 : 13 For the sinnes of her Prophets, and the iniquities of her Priests, that haue shed the blood of the iust in the middes of her.
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 O ye Priestes, heare this, and hearken ye, O house of Israel, and giue ye eare, O house of the King: for iudgement is towarde you, because you haue bene a snare on Mizpah, and a net spred vpon Tabor.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mal 2:2
    84%

    2If yee will not heare it, nor consider it in your heart, to giue glory vnto my Name, sayth the Lorde of hostes, I will euen sende a curse vpon you, and will curse your blessings: yea, I haue cursed them alreadie, because yee doe not consider it in your heart.

  • Mal 2:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7For the Priestes lippes shoulde preserue knowledge, and they shoulde seeke the Lawe at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lorde of hostes.

    8But yee are gone out of the way: yee haue caused many to fall by the Lawe: yee haue broken the couenant of Leui, sayeth the Lord of hostes.

    9Therefore haue I also made you to be despised, and vile before all the people, because yee kept not my wayes, but haue beene partiall in the Lawe.

  • Hos 5:1
    78%

    1O ye Priestes, heare this, and hearken ye, O house of Israel, and giue ye eare, O house of the King: for iudgement is towarde you, because you haue bene a snare on Mizpah, and a net spred vpon Tabor.

  • Mal 1:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6A sonne honoureth his father, and a seruant his master. If then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my feare, sayth the Lorde of hostes vnto you, O Priestes, that despise my Name? and yee say, Wherein haue we despised thy Name?

    7Ye offer vncleane bread vpon mine altar, and you say, Wherein haue we polluted thee? In that ye say the table of the Lord is not to be regarded.

  • Hag 2:11
    75%

    11(2:12) Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Aske nowe the Priests concerning the Law, and say,

  • Mal 2:4
    75%

    4And yee shall know, that I haue sent this commaundement vnto you, that my couenant, which I made with Leui, might stand, sayeth the Lord of hostes.

  • Hag 1:5
    74%

    5Now therefore thus saith ye Lord of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.

  • Jer 11:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Heare ye the wordes of this couenant, and speake vnto the men of Iudah, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem,

    3And say thou vnto them, Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel, Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the wordes of this couenant,

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

    9Haue ye not driuen away the Priestes of the Lorde the sonnes of Aaron and the Leuites, and haue made you Priests like the people of other countreis? whosoeuer commeth to consecrate with a yong bullocke and seuen rams, the same may be a Priest of them that are no gods.

    10But wee belong vnto the Lorde our God, and haue not forsaken him, and the Priestes the sonnes of Aaron minister vnto the Lord, and the Leuites in their office.

  • Deut 11:27-28
    2 verses
    73%

    27The blessing, if ye obey the commandements of the Lorde your God which I command you this day:

    28And ye curse, if ye wil not obey the commandements of the Lord your God, but turne out of the way, which I commande you this day, to go after other gods, which ye haue not knowen.

  • Mal 1:9
    73%

    9And nowe, I pray you, pray before God, that he may haue mercie vpon vs: this hath beene by your meanes: will hee regard your persons, sayth the Lord of hostes?

  • Hag 1:7
    73%

    7Thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.

  • Jer 26:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4And thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord, If ye will not heare me to walke in my Lawes, which I haue set before you,

    5And to heare ye wordes of my seruants the Prophets, whome I sent vnto you, both rising vp earely, and sending them, and will not obey them,

  • Lev 22:1
    72%

    1And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

  • Mal 3:9
    72%

    9Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye haue spoyled me, euen this whole nation.

  • Exod 19:6
    72%

    6Yee shall be vnto mee also a kingdome of Priestes, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel.

  • Num 16:10
    72%

    10He hath also taken thee to him, and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee, and seeke ye the office of the Priest also?

  • Joel 1:13
    72%

    13Girde your selues and lament, ye Priests: howle ye ministers of the altar: come, and lie all night in sackecloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meate offring, and the drinke offring is taken away from the house of your God.

  • Mal 1:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13Ye said also, Beholde, it is a wearines, and ye haue snuffed at it, sayth the Lord of hostes, and ye offred that which was torne, and the lame and the sicke: thus yee offred an offring: shoulde I accept this of your hand, sayth the Lord?

    14But cursed be the deceiuer, which hath in his flocke a male, & voweth, and sacrificeth vnto ye Lorde a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, sayth the Lord of hostes, and my Name is terrible among the heathen.

  • Mal 3:7
    72%

    7From the dayes of your fathers, ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and haue not kept them: returne vnto me, and I will returne vnto you, saith the Lord of hostes: but ye saide, Wherein shall we returne?

  • Jer 10:1
    72%

    1Heare ye the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto you, O house of Israel.

  • Mal 2:13
    72%

    13And this haue ye done againe, and couered the altar of the Lorde with teares, with weeping and with mourning: because the offering is no more regarded, neither receiued acceptably at your handes.

  • Jer 11:6
    72%

    6Then the Lord saide vnto me, Cry all these words in the cities of Iudah, and in the streetes of Ierusalem, saying, Heare yee the words of this couenant, and doe them.

  • Num 18:1
    71%

    1And the Lord sayd vnto Aaron, Thou, and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with thee, shall beare the iniquitie of the Sanctuarie: both thou and thy sonnes with thee shal beare the iniquitie of your Priestes office.

  • Joel 2:17
    71%

    17Let the Priestes, the ministers of the Lord weepe betweene the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and giue not thine heritage into reproche that the heathen should rule ouer them. Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

  • Jer 2:4
    71%

    4Heare ye the word of the Lord, O house of Iaakob, and all the families of the house of Israel.

  • Deut 27:10
    71%

    10Thou shalt hearken therefore vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God, and do his commandements and his ordinances, which I commande thee this day.

  • Num 15:22
    71%

    22And if ye haue erred, and not obserued all these commandements, which the Lord hath spoken vnto Moses,

  • Lev 17:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

    2Speake vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israel, & say vnto them, This is the thing which the Lorde hath commanded, saying,

  • Jer 29:25
    71%

    25Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy Name vnto all the people, that are at Ierusalem, and to Zephaniah the sonne of Maaseiah the Priest, and to all the Priests, saying,

  • Exod 19:22
    71%

    22And let the Priestes also which come to the Lorde be sanctified, least the Lorde destroy them.

  • 2 Chr 24:20
    71%

    20And the Spirit of God came vpon Zechariah the sonne of Iehoiada the Priest, which stoode aboue the people, and sayde vnto them, Thus sayth God, Why transgresse ye the commaundements of the Lorde? surely ye shall not prosper: because ye haue forsaken the Lorde, he also hath forsaken you.

  • Jer 22:1
    71%

    1Thus said the Lorde, Goe downe to the house of the King of Iudah, and speake there this thing,

  • Jer 2:8
    71%

    8The priests said not, Where is the Lorde? And they that should minister the Lawe, knewe me not: the pastours also offended against me, and the Prophets prophesied in Baal, and went after things that did not profite.

  • Hos 4:9
    70%

    9And there shalbe like people, like Priest: for I wil visite their wayes vpon them, and reward them their deedes.

  • 2 Chr 31:4
    70%

    4He commanded also the people that dwelt in Ierusalem, to giue a part to the Priestes, and Leuites, that they might be encouraged in the Law of the Lord.

  • Zech 1:4
    70%

    4Be ye not as your fathers, vnto whome the former prophets haue cried, saying, Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Turne you nowe from your euill wayes, and from your wicked workes: but they would not heare, nor hearken vnto me, saith the Lorde.

  • 2 Chr 29:5
    70%

    5And said vnto them, Heare me, ye Leuites: sanctifie nowe your selues, and sanctifie the house of the Lorde God of your fathers, and cary forth the filthinesse out of the Sanctuarie.

  • Jer 2:1
    70%

    1Moreouer, the woorde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    70%

    12And he saide vnto them, Ye are the chiefe fathers of the Leuites: sanctifie your selues, and your brethren, and bring vp the Arke of the Lorde God of Israel vnto the place that I haue prepared for it.

  • Jer 28:7
    70%

    7But heare thou now this worde that I will speake in thine eares and in the eares of all the people.