Malachi 1:6

New American Bible - revised edition

A son honors his father, and a servant fears his master; If, then, I am a father, where is the honor due to me? And if I am a master, where is the fear due to me? So says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who disdain my name. But you ask, “How have we disdained your name?”

Cross References

Psalm 123:2

Yes, like the eyes of servants on the hand of their masters, Like the eyes of a maid on the hand of her mistress, So our eyes are on the Lord our God, till we are shown favor.

Exodus 20:12

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

Proverbs 17:6

Children’s children are the crown of the elderly, and the glory of children is their parentage.

Proverbs 30:11

There are some who curse their fathers, and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father, or scorns the homage due a mother, Will be plucked out by brook ravens; devoured by a brood of vultures.

Isaiah 1:2

Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth, for the Lord speaks: Sons have I raised and reared, but they have rebelled against me!

Isaiah 43:23

You did not bring me sheep for your burnt offerings, nor honor me with your sacrifices. I did not exact from you the service of offerings, nor weary you for frankincense.

Isaiah 45:10

Woe to anyone who asks a father, “What are you begetting?” or a woman, “What are you giving birth to?”

Isaiah 64:7

Yet, Lord, you are our father; we are the clay and you our potter: we are all the work of your hand.

Isaiah 64:8

Do not be so very angry, Lord, do not remember our crimes forever; look upon us, who are all your people!

Jeremiah 23:11

Both prophet and priest are godless! In my very house I find their wickedness— oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:4

Even now do you not call me, “My father, you are the bridegroom of my youth?

Jeremiah 31:9

With weeping they shall come, but with compassion I will guide them; I will lead them to streams of water, on a level road, without stumbling. For I am a father to Israel, Ephraim is my firstborn.

Jeremiah 35:16

Yes, the children of Jonadab, Rechab’s son, upheld the command which their father laid on them. But this people has not obeyed me!

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests violate my law and desecrate what I consider holy; they do not distinguish between holy and common, nor teach the difference between unclean and clean; they pay no attention to my sabbaths, so that I have been desecrated in their midst.

Hosea 12:8

A merchant who holds a false balance, he loves to extort!

Hosea 4:6

My people are ruined for lack of knowledge! Since 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 children.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, priests, Pay attention, house of Israel, Household of the king, give ear! For you are responsible for judgment. But you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread upon Tabor,

Leviticus 19:3

Each of you revere your mother and father, and keep my sabbaths. I, the Lord, am your God.

Zephaniah 3:4

Its prophets are reckless, treacherous people; Its priests profane what is holy, and do violence to the law.

Malachi 2:1

And now, priests, this commandment is for you: If you do not listen,

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one father? Has not one God created us? Why, then, do we break faith with each other, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?

Malachi 2:8

But you have turned aside from the way, and have caused many to stumble by your instruction; You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 3:5

I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be swift to bear witness Against sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers, those who deprive a laborer of wages, Oppress a widow or an orphan, or turn aside a resident alien, without fearing me, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 15:4

For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses father or mother shall die.’

Matthew 15:6

need not honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Matthew 19:19

honor your father and your mother’; and ‘you shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Matthew 6:9

“This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

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.

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments: ‘You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother.’”

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘Whoever curses father or mother shall die.’

Luke 10:29

But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 18:20

You know the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother.’”

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful. Judging Others.

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I command?

Ephesians 6:2

“Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise,

Deuteronomy 1:31

as well as in the wilderness, where you saw how the Lord, your God, carried you, as one carries his own child, all along your journey until you arrived at this place.”

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you repay the Lord, so foolish and unwise a people? Is he not your father who begot you, the one who made and established you?

Deuteronomy 5:16

Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord, your God, has commanded you, that you may have a long life and that you may prosper in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

1 Peter 1:17

Now if you invoke as Father him who judges impartially according to each one’s works, conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning,