Malachi 1:2

Lighthouse Bible 2006

I have loved you, says the LORD. Yet you say, How have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? says the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

Cross References

Genesis 25:23

And the LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two kinds of people shall be separated from your womb; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Genesis 25:25

And the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

Genesis 25:26

And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

Genesis 27:33

And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

Genesis 48:4

And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people; and will give this land to your descendents after you for an everlasting possession.

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the LORD your God, which delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore he made you king, to do judgment and justice.

2 Kings 3:8

And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

Isaiah 43:4

Since you were precious in my sight, you have been honorable, and I have loved you: therefore will I give men for you, and people for your life.

Isaiah 63:1

Who is this coming from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? one who is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

Jeremiah 2:31

O generation, see the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why do my people say, We are lords; we will come no more unto you?

Jeremiah 2:5

Thus says the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?

Jeremiah 31:3

The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying, Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.

Amos 1:11

Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his anger for ever:

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, How have we wearied him? When you say, Every one that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

Luke 10:29

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

John 15:12

This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.

Deuteronomy 10:15

Only the LORD had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their descendents after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 23:5

Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.

Deuteronomy 33:3

Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in your hand: and they sat down at your feet; every one shall receive of your words.

Deuteronomy 4:37

And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their descendents after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;