Malachi 1:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘A son honours his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me?  says the Lord of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.’ Yet you ask, ‘How have we despised your name? ’

Cross References

Luke 6:46

‘Why do you call me “Lord, Lord,” and don’t do the things I say?

Isaiah 1:2

Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the Lord has spoken: ‘I have raised children  and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.

Exodus 20:12

Honour your father and your mother  so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

1 Peter 1:17

If you appeal to the Father who judges impartially  according to each one’s work,  you are to conduct yourselves in reverence  during your time living as strangers.

Hosea 12:8

But Ephraim thinks, ‘How rich I have become; I made it all myself. In all my earnings, no one can find any iniquity in me that I can be punished for! ’

Isaiah 64:8

Yet Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we all are the work of your hands.

Ephesians 6:2

Honour your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

Proverbs 30:17

As for the eye that ridicules a father and despises obedience to a mother, may ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures eat it.

Matthew 7:21

‘Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven,   but only the one who does the will   of my Father in heaven.

Matthew 6:9

‘Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, your name be honoured as holy.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honour your father and your mother,  as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and so that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Leviticus 19:3

‘Each of you is to respect his mother and father.  You are to keep my Sabbaths; I am the Lord your God.

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments: Do not murder;   do not commit adultery;   do not steal;   do not bear false witness;   do not defraud;   honour   your father and mother.’   ,

Matthew 19:19

honour your father and your mother; and love your neighbour as yourself.   ,

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you  from serving as my priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons.

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests do violence to my instruction and profane my holy things.  They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they do not explain the difference between the clean and the unclean.  They close their eyes to my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Jeremiah 23:11

because both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house  I have found their evil. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Matthew 15:6

he does not have to honour his father.”   In this way, you have nullified the word of God   because of your tradition.

Malachi 2:8

‘You, on the other hand, have turned from the way.  You have caused many to stumble  by your instruction. You have violated  the covenant of Levi,’ says the Lord of Armies.

Luke 10:29

But wanting to justify himself,  he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour? ’

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.

Mark 7:10

For Moses   said: Honour your father and your mother;   , and Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.   ,

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come weeping, but I will bring them back with consolation.  , I will lead them to wadis filled with water, by a smooth way where they will not stumble, for I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Luke 18:20

You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; honour your father and mother.’   ,

Matthew 15:4

For God said:   Honour your father and your mother;   , and, Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.   ,

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, royal house! For the judgement applies to you because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor.

Deuteronomy 1:31

And you saw in the wilderness how the Lord your God carried you as a man carries his son all along the way you travelled until you reached this place.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the pride of children is their fathers.

Isaiah 43:23

You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings or honoured me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings or wearied you with incense.

Jeremiah 3:4

Haven’t you recently called to me, ‘My Father! You were my friend in my youth.

Jeremiah 35:16

Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out their ancestor’s command that he gave them, but these people have not obeyed me.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless   – treacherous men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to instruction.

Malachi 2:1

‘Therefore, this decree  is for you priests:

Malachi 2:10

Don’t all of us have one Father?  Didn’t one God create us?  Why then do we act treacherously against one another,  profaning  the covenant of our ancestors?

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you repay the  Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father and Creator?  , Didn’t he make you and sustain you?

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to the one who says to his father, “What are you fathering? ” or to his mother, “What are you giving birth to? ” ’

Isaiah 64:7

No one calls on your name, striving to take hold of you. For you have hidden your face from us and made us melt because of  , our iniquity.

Malachi 3:5

‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner.  They do not fear me,’  says the Lord of Armies.