Malachi 1:6

Modern King James Version

A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My fear? says Jehovah of Hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. And you say, In what way have we despised Your name?

Cross References

Luke 6:46

And why do you call Me Lord, Lord, and do not do what I say?

Isaiah 1:2

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for Jehovah has spoken, I have nursed and brought up sons, and they have rebelled against Me.

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Jehovah your God gives you.

1 Peter 1:17

And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to the work of each one, pass the time of your earthly residence in fear,

Hosea 12:8

And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found much wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.

Isaiah 64:8

But now, O Jehovah, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our Former; and we all are the work of Your hand.

Ephesians 6:2

Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks at his father and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

Matthew 7:21

Not everyone who says to Me, Lord! Lord! shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven.

Matthew 6:9

Therefore pray in this way: Our Father, who is in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

Proverbs 30:11

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

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honor your father and your mother, as Jehovah your God has commanded you, so that your days may be made longer, and that it may go well with you in the land which Jehovah your God gives you.

Leviticus 19:3

You shall each man revere his mother and his father, and keep My sabbaths. I am Jehovah your God.

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and your mother.

Matthew 19:19

honor your father and mother, and, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being priest to Me. Since you have forgotten the Law of your God, I will also forget your sons, even I.

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests have broken My Law and have defiled My holy things. They have put no difference between the holy and the common, and have not taught between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am defiled among them.

Jeremiah 23:11

For both prophet and priest are ungodly; yes, in My house I have found their evil, says Jehovah.

Matthew 15:6

and in no way he honors his father or his mother. And you voided the commandment of God by your tradition.

Malachi 2:8

But you have turned out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says Jehovah of Hosts.

Luke 10:29

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

Luke 6:36

Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, "Honor your father and your mother." And, "Whoever curses father or mother, let him die the death."

Jeremiah 31:9

They shall come with weeping, and with prayers I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way; they shall not stumble in it, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.

Luke 18:20

You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and your mother.

Matthew 15:4

For God commanded, saying, "Honor your father and mother"; and, "He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him die by death."

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests, and listen, house of Israel. And give ear, house of the king. For judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah and a net spread on Tabor.

Deuteronomy 1:31

and in the wilderness where you have seen how Jehovah your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came into this place.

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters; as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait on Jehovah our God, until He shall have mercy on us.

Proverbs 17:6

Sons of sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

Isaiah 43:23

You have not brought Me the lamb of your burnt offerings; nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense.

Jeremiah 3:4

Will you not from this time cry to Me, My father, You are the guide of my youth?

Jeremiah 35:16

Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have done the commandment of their father, which He commanded them; but this people has not listened to Me;

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are proud, men of deceit; her priests have defiled the sanctuary; they have done violence to the Law.

Malachi 2:1

And now, O priests, this command is for you.

Malachi 2:10

Is there not one Father to us all? Has not one God created us? Why do we act deceitfully, each man with his brother, to profane the covenant of our fathers.

Deuteronomy 32:6

Do you thus give back to Jehovah, Oh foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to him who says to his father, What are you fathering? Or to the woman, What are you laboring over?

Isaiah 64:7

And there is no one who calls on Your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us, and have melted us away because of our iniquities.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near you to judgment. And I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who extort from the hired laborer's wages, and turning away the widow, and the orphan, the alien, and not fearing Me, says Jehovah of Hosts.