Malachi 1:10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors,  so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar!  I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept  no offering from your hands.

Cross References

1 Peter 5:2

Shepherd God’s flock among you,  not overseeing  out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you;  not out of greed for money but eagerly;

Micah 3:11

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practise divination for silver. Yet they lean on the  Lord, saying, ‘Isn’t the Lord   among us? No disaster will overtake us.’

Hosea 5:6

They go with their flocks and herds to seek the  Lord but do not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

Jeremiah 6:20

What use to me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane  from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.

Jeremiah 14:12

If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.’

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore, I will give  their wives to other men, their fields to new occupants, for from the least to the greatest, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

Hebrews 10:38

But my righteous one   will live by faith; and if he draws back, I have no pleasure   in him.   ,

Philippians 2:21

all seek their own interests,  not those of Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:13

Don’t you know that those who perform the temple services eat the food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar  share in the offerings of the altar?

John 10:12

The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them   and runs away when he sees a wolf   coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.

Jeremiah 6:13

For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 14:10

This is what the Lord says concerning these people: Truly they love to wander; they never rest their feet. So the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.

Malachi 1:13

You also say, “Look, what a nuisance! ” And you scorn  it,’  , says the Lord of Armies. ‘You bring stolen,  , lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands? ’ asks the Lord.

Malachi 2:12

May the Lord cut off  from the tents of Jacob the man who does this, whoever he may be,  , even if he presents an offering to the Lord of Armies.

2 Kings 12:6

But by the twenty-third year  of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not repaired the damage  to the temple.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the  Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Malachi 2:13

This is another thing you do. You are covering the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning,  because he no longer respects your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.