Malachi 2:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found on his lips; he walked with me in peace and equity and turned many away from iniquity.

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  • Jer 23:22 : 22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their deeds.
  • Jas 5:19-20 : 19 Brethren, if any of you stray from the truth, and someone turns him back; 20 Let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the sky; and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being a priest to me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, nor do you care about anyone, for you do not regard the person of men.
  • Mark 12:14 : 14 When they had come, they said to him, 'Teacher, we know that you are true, and do not care about anyone; for you do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
  • Luke 20:21 : 21 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach rightly, neither do you show favoritism, but teach the way of God truly:
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
  • 1 Thess 1:9-9 : 9 For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; 10 And to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
  • 2 Tim 2:15-16 : 15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.
  • Titus 1:7-9 : 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God; not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money; 8 But hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled; 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and to convict those who contradict.
  • Rev 14:5 : 5 And in their mouth was found no deceit; for they are without fault before the throne of God.
  • Ezek 44:23-24 : 23 And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. 24 And in controversy, they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments, and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my assemblies; and they shall hallow my Sabbaths.
  • Gen 5:21-24 : 21 And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and had Methuselah: 22 And Enoch walked with God after he had Methuselah three hundred years, and had sons and daughters: 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years: 24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
  • Gen 6:9 : 9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.
  • Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, I am Almighty God; walk before me and be perfect.
  • Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your law: they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt sacrifice upon your altar.
  • Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.

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    22Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth:

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