Malachi 2:7

Modern English Version

For a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:11

Uriah the priest built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Thus Uriah the priest worked until King Ahaz came from Damascus.

2 Kings 16:16

So Uriah the priest did everything that King Ahaz commanded.

2 Chronicles 30:22

Then Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who taught the good knowledge of the Lord. So they ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 31:4

And he ordered those people living in Jerusalem to give a portion for the priests and Levites, in order for them to devote themselves to the Law of the Lord.

Ezra 7:10

Because Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, he was doing so and teaching the statutes and judgments in Israel.

Ezra 7:25

“You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God who empowers you, appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people of the province Beyond the River, all those who know the laws of your God and those who do not, whom you must teach.

Proverbs 5:2

that you may regard discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 5:5

Better it is that you not make a vow, than make a vow and not fulfill it.

Isaiah 42:19

Who is blind, but My servant? Or deaf, as My messenger whom I sent? Who is blind as he who is at peace with Me, and blind as the servant of the Lord?

Isaiah 44:26

who confirms the word of His servant and performs the counsel of His messengers, who says to Jerusalem, “You shall be inhabited,” and to the cities of Judah, “You shall be built.” And I will raise up her ruins again;

Jeremiah 15:19

Therefore thus says the Lord: If you return, then I will bring you back, and you shall stand before Me; and if you take out the precious from the worthless, you will be My spokesman. Let them return to you, but do not return to them.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. For the law will not be lost from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not say, “Where is the Lord?” And those who handle the law did not know Me; the shepherds also transgressed against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and walked after things that do not profit.

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests have violated My law and have profaned My holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and profane, nor have they shown the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Ezekiel 7:26

Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumor shall be upon rumor. Then they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

Daniel 11:33

“The wise among the people shall instruct many. Yet for many days they shall fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by destruction.

Hosea 4:6

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

Leviticus 10:11

And so you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them by the hand of Moses.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; her priests have profaned the sanctuary and done violence to the law.

Haggai 1:13

Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke the message of the Lord to the people, saying: I am with you, says the Lord.

Zechariah 7:3

saying to the priests and prophets of the house of the Lord of Hosts, “Should I weep and dedicate myself during the fifth month as I have done in these many years?”

Malachi 3:1

Behold, I send My messenger, and he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight. He is coming, says the Lord of Hosts.

Numbers 27:21

He will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will ask for him about the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his word will they go out, and at his word they will come in, both he and all the Israelites with him, even all the assembly.”

John 13:20

Truly, truly I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me. And he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”

John 20:21

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As My Father has sent Me, even so I send you.”

Acts 16:17

She followed Paul and us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us. We implore you in Christ’s stead: Be reconciled to God.

Galatians 4:14

Though my infirmity was in my flesh, you neither despised nor rejected me, but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

Deuteronomy 21:5

Then the priests, the sons of Levi, must come near, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to Him, and to bless in the name of the Lord, and by their word every controversy and every assault will be settled.

Deuteronomy 24:8

Be careful with an outbreak of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests instruct you. As I have commanded them, so you must carefully do.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore he that despises does not despise man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.

1 Samuel 2:17

Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord. For the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.