Malachi 3:7

God's Word

Since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my laws and have not followed them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of Armies. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were defiant and rebelled against you. They threw your teachings over their shoulders and killed your prophets who warned them to turn back to you. They committed outrageous sins.

Isaiah 65:2

I stretched out my hands all day long to stubborn people. They chose to go the wrong direction. They followed their own plans.

Jeremiah 16:11

Then say to them, ‘It’s because your ancestors abandoned me, declares the Lord. They followed other gods, served them, worshiped them, and abandoned me. They didn’t obey my teachings.

Jeremiah 16:12

You have done worse than your ancestors. All of you are following your own stubborn, evil ways that keep you from obeying me.

Jeremiah 3:22

“Come back, you rebellious people, and I will forgive you for being unfaithful.” Here we are! We have come to you because you are the Lord our God.

Jeremiah 7:25

From the time that your ancestors left Egypt until now, I have sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again.

Jeremiah 7:26

But you didn’t obey me or pay attention to me. You became impossible to deal with, and you were worse than your ancestors.

Ezekiel 2:3

He said to me, “Son of man, I am sending you to the people of Israel. They are people from a nation that has rebelled against me. They and their ancestors have rebelled against me to this day.

Ezekiel 20:13

“ ‘But the people of Israel rebelled against me in the desert. They didn’t live by my laws, and they rejected my rules. If people obey them, they will live. They dishonored the days of rest—holy days on which to worship me. So I was going to pour out my fury on them in the desert and completely wipe them out.

Ezekiel 20:21

“ ‘But they rebelled against me. They didn’t live by my laws, and they didn’t obey my rules and follow them. If people obey them, they will live. They dishonored the days to worship me. So I was going to pour out my fury on them and unleash my anger on them in the desert.

Ezekiel 20:28

I brought them to the land that I promised to give them. When they saw any high hill or any leafy tree, they made sacrifices and brought offerings there to make me angry. There they offered their sacrifices and poured out their wine offerings.

Ezekiel 20:8

“ ‘But they rebelled against me and refused to listen to me. Not one of them got rid of the detestable idols that they looked to for help. They didn’t abandon the disgusting idols of Egypt. So I was going to pour out my fury on them and unleash my anger on them in Egypt.

Hosea 14:1

Israel, return to the Lord your God. You have stumbled because of your sins.

Zechariah 1:3

Tell the people, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: Return to me, declares the Lord of Armies, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Armies.’

Malachi 1:6

“This is what the Lord of Armies says: A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master. So if I am a father, where is my honor? If I am a master, where is my respect? You priests despise my name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Malachi 3:13

“You have used harsh words against me,” says the Lord. “You ask, ‘How have we spoken against you?’

Matthew 23:27

“How horrible it will be for you, experts in Moses’ Teachings and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed graves that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead people’s bones and every kind of impurity.

Luke 15:16

No one in the country would give him any food, and he was so hungry that he would have eaten what the pigs were eating.

Romans 10:21

Then Isaiah said about Israel, “All day long I have stretched out my hands to disobedient and rebellious people.”

Romans 10:3

They don’t understand ⌞how to receive⌟ God’s approval. So they try to set up their own way to get it, and they have not accepted God’s way for receiving his approval.

Romans 7:9

At one time I was alive without any laws. But when this commandment came, sin became alive

Deuteronomy 31:20

I will bring them into the land that I swore to give to their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey. When they have eaten all they want and have become fat, they will turn to other gods and worship them. They will despise me and reject my promise.

James 4:8

Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.