Malachi 1:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶ “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised thy name?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a Father, where is My honor? And if I am a Master, where is the [reverent] fear due Me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise My name. You say, How and in what way have we despised Your name?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Common English Bible

⁶ A son honors a father, and a servant honors his master. But if I’m a father, where is my honor? Or if I’m a master, where is my respect? says the LORD of heavenly forces to you priests who despise my name. So you say, “How have we despised your name?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ The son honors the father, and the servant his master. If, therefore, I am Father, where is my honor? And if I am Master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And you have said, "In what way, have we despised your name?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 1:6 Cross References

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he have mercy upon us.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers.

Proverbs 30:11

There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Isaiah 1:2

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Sons have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me.

Isaiah 43:23

You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings, or honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, or wearied you with frankincense.

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ or to a woman, ‘With what are you in travail?’ ”

Isaiah 64:7

There is no one that calls upon thy name, that bestirs himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast delivered us into the hand of our iniquities.

Isaiah 64:8

Yet, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou art our potter; we are all the work of thy hand.

Jeremiah 23:11

“Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their wickedness, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:4

Have you not just now called to me, ‘My father, thou art the friend of my youth—

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping they shall come, and with consolations I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.

Jeremiah 35:16

The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command which their father gave them, but this people has not obeyed me.

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

Hosea 12:8

Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich, I have gained wealth for myself”; but all his riches can never offset the guilt he has incurred.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Hearken, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Leviticus 19:3

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are wanton, faithless men; her priests profane what is sacred, they do violence to the law.

Malachi 2:1

“And now, O priests, this command is for you.

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Malachi 2:8

But you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 15:4

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.’

Matthew 15:6

So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word of God.

Matthew 19:19

Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Matthew 6:9

Pray then like this: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Matthew 7:21

“Not every one who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments: ‘Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’ ”

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die’;

Luke 10:29

But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 18:20

You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.’ ”

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

Ephesians 6:2

“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),

Deuteronomy 1:31

and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God bore you, as a man bears his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

Deuteronomy 32:6

Do you thus requite the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?

Deuteronomy 5:16

“ ‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you; that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

1 Peter 1:17

And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile.