Malachi 2:9 Cross References

Malachi 2:9

9: "So I have made you despised and humiliated in the eyes of all the people. For you have not obeyed me but have shown partiality in your interpretation of the law."

1 Samuel 2:30

  1. "Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, says: The terrible things you are doing cannot continue! I had promised that your branch of the tribe of Levi would always be my priests. But I will honor only those who honor me, and I will despise those who despise me.

Deuteronomy 1:17

  1. When you make decisions, never favor those who are rich; be fair to lowly and great alike. Don't be afraid of how they will react, for you are judging in the place of God. Bring me any cases that are too difficult for you, and I will handle them.'

1 Kings 22:28

  1. But Micaiah replied, "If you return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me!" Then he added to those standing around, "Take note of what I have said."

Galatians 2:6

  1. And the leaders of the church who were there had nothing to add to what I was preaching. (By the way, their reputation as great leaders made no difference to me, for God has no favorites.)

Ezekiel 13:21

  1. I will tear off the magic veils and save my people from your grasp. They will no longer be your victims. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

Micah 3:6

  1. Now the night will close around you, cutting off all your visions. Darkness will cover you, making it impossible for you to predict the future. The sun will set for you prophets, and your day will come to an end.
  2. Then you seers will cover your faces in shame, and you diviners will be disgraced. And you will admit that your messages were not from God."

Matthew 23:16

  1. "Blind guides! How terrible it will be for you! For you say that it means nothing to swear 'by God's Temple'--you can break that oath. But then you say that it is binding to swear 'by the gold in the Temple.'
  2. Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold, or the Temple that makes the gold sacred?
  3. And you say that to take an oath 'by the altar' can be broken, but to swear 'by the gifts on the altar' is binding!
  4. How blind! For which is greater, the gift on the altar, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
  5. When you swear 'by the altar,' you are swearing by it and by everything on it.

Jeremiah 29:20

  1. Therefore, listen to this message from the LORD, all you captives there in Babylon.
  2. This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says about your prophets--Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah--who are telling you lies in my name: "I will turn them over to Nebuchadnezzar for a public execution.
  3. Their terrible fate will become proverbial, so that whenever the Judean exiles want to curse someone they will say, `May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned alive!'

Matthew 5:21

  1. "You have heard that the law of Moses says, 'Do not murder. If you commit murder, you are subject to judgment.'
  2. But I say, if you are angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the high council. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.

Mark 7:8

  1. For you ignore God's specific laws and substitute your own traditions."
  2. Then he said, "You reject God's laws in order to hold on to your own traditions.
  3. For instance, Moses gave you this law from God: 'Honor your father and mother,' and 'Anyone who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.'
  4. But you say it is all right for people to say to their parents, 'Sorry, I can't help you. For I have vowed to give to God what I could have given to you.'
  5. You let them disregard their needy parents.

Daniel 12:2

  1. Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
  2. Those who are wise will shine as bright as the sky, and those who turn many to righteousness will shine like stars forever.

Romans 7:7

  1. Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is evil? Of course not! The law is not sinful, but it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, "Do not covet."
  2. But sin took advantage of this law and aroused all kinds of forbidden desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.
  3. I felt fine when I did not understand what the law demanded. But when I learned the truth, I realized I had broken the law and was a sinner, doomed to die.
  4. So the good law, which was supposed to show me the way of life, instead gave me the death penalty.

Matthew 5:33

  1. "Again, you have heard that the law of Moses says, 'Do not break your vows; you must carry out the vows you have made to the Lord.'
  2. But I say, don't make any vows! If you say, 'By heaven!' it is a sacred vow because heaven is God's throne.
  3. And if you say, 'By the earth!' it is a sacred vow because the earth is his footstool. And don't swear, 'By Jerusalem!' for Jerusalem is the city of the great King.
  4. Don't even swear, 'By my head!' for you can't turn one hair white or black.
  5. Just say a simple, 'Yes, I will,' or 'No, I won't.' Your word is enough. To strengthen your promise with a vow shows that something is wrong.

Malachi 2:8

  1. But not you! You have left God's paths. Your `guidance' has caused many to stumble into sin. You have corrupted the covenant I made with the Levites," says the LORD Almighty.

Matthew 5:27

  1. "You have heard that the law of Moses says, 'Do not commit adultery.'
  2. But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust in his eye has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 5:43

  1. "You have heard that the law of Moses says, 'Love your neighbor' and hate your enemy.
  2. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!

Jeremiah 28:15

  1. Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, but the people believe your lies.
  2. Therefore, the LORD says you must die. Your life will end this very year because you have rebelled against the LORD."

Luke 20:45

  1. Then, with the crowds listening, he turned to his disciples and said,
  2. "Beware of these teachers of religious law! For they love to parade in flowing robes and to have everyone bow to them as they walk in the marketplaces. And how they love the seats of honor in the synagogues and at banquets.
  3. But they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property, and then, to cover up the kind of people they really are, they make long prayers in public. Because of this, their punishment will be the greater."

Ezekiel 13:12

  1. And when the wall falls, the people will cry out, `Where is the whitewash you applied?'
  2. "Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will sweep away your whitewashed wall with a storm of indignation, with a great flood of anger, and with hailstones of fury.
  3. I will break down your wall right to the foundation, and when it falls, it will crush you. Then you will know that I am the LORD!
  4. At last my anger against the wall and those who covered it with whitewash will be satisfied. Then I will say to you: `The wall and those who whitewashed it are both gone.
  5. They were lying prophets who claimed peace would come to Jerusalem when there was no peace. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!'

Jeremiah 29:31

  1. "Send an open letter to all the exiles in Babylon. Tell them, `This is what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Since he has prophesied to you when I did not send him and has tricked you into believing his lies,
  2. I will punish him and his family. None of his descendants will see the good things I will do for my people, for he has taught you to rebel against me. I, the LORD, have spoken!'"

Malachi 2:3

  1. I will rebuke your descendants and splatter your faces with the dung of your festival sacrifices, and I will add you to the dung heap.

Luke 10:29

  1. The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

Matthew 19:17

  1. "Why ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "Only God is good. But to answer your question, you can receive eternal life if you keep the commandments."
  2. "Which ones?" the man asked. And Jesus replied: "'Do not murder. Do not commit adultery. Do not steal. Do not testify falsely.

Luke 11:42

  1. "But how terrible it will be for you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest part of your income, but you completely forget about justice and the love of God. You should tithe, yes, but you should not leave undone the more important things.

Proverbs 10:7

  1. We all have happy memories of the godly, but the name of a wicked person rots away.
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