Malachi 2:7

New American Bible - revised edition

For a priest’s lips preserve knowledge, and instruction is to be sought from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:11

Uriah the priest built an altar according to the plans which King Ahaz sent him from Damascus, and had it completed by the time King Ahaz returned from Damascus.

2 Kings 16:16

Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had commanded.

2 Chronicles 30:22

Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had shown themselves well skilled in the service of the Lord. And when they had completed the seven days of festival, sacrificing communion offerings and singing praises to the Lord, the God of their ancestors,

2 Chronicles 31:4

He also commanded the people living in Jerusalem to provide for the support of the priests and Levites, that they might firmly adhere to the law of the Lord.

Ezra 7:10

Ezra had set his heart on the study and practice of the law of the Lord and on teaching statutes and ordinances in Israel. The Decree of Artaxerxes.

Ezra 7:25

“As for you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your God which is in your possession, appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people in West-of-Euphrates, to all, that is, who know the laws of your God. Instruct those who do not know these laws.

Proverbs 5:2

That you may act discreetly, and your lips guard what you know.

Ecclesiastes 5:5

Let not your utterances make you guilty, and say not before his representative, “It was a mistake.” Why should God be angered by your words and destroy the works of your hands?

Isaiah 42:19

Who is blind but my servant, or deaf like the messenger I send? Who is blind like the one I restore, blind like the servant of the Lord?

Isaiah 44:26

I confirm the words of my servant, carry out the plan my messengers announce. I say to Jerusalem, Be inhabited! To the cities of Judah, Be rebuilt! I will raise up their ruins.

Jeremiah 15:19

Thus the Lord answered me: If you come back and I take you back, in my presence you shall stand; If you utter what is precious and not what is worthless, you shall be my mouth. Then they will be the ones who turn to you, not you who turn to them.

Jeremiah 18:18

“Come,” they said, “let us devise a plot against Jeremiah, for instruction will not perish from the priests, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. Come, let us destroy him by his own tongue. Let us pay careful attention to his every word.”

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not ask, “Where is the Lord?” The experts in the law did not know me: the shepherds rebelled against me. The prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after useless idols.

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.

Ezekiel 7:26

Disaster after disaster, rumor upon rumor. They keep seeking a vision from the prophet; instruction from the priest is missing, and counsel from the elders.

Daniel 11:33

Those with insight among the people shall instruct the many; though for a time the sword, flames, exile, and plunder will cause them to stumble.

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.

Leviticus 10:11

and you must be able to teach the Israelites all the statutes that the Lord has given them through Moses. The Eating of the Priestly Portions.

Zephaniah 3:4

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

Haggai 1:13

Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, proclaimed to the people as the message of the Lord: I am with you!—oracle of the Lord.

Zechariah 7:3

and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts, and the prophets, “Must I weep and abstain in the fifth month as I have been doing these many years?”

Malachi 3:1

Now I am sending my messenger— he will prepare the way before me; And the lord whom you seek will come suddenly to his temple; The messenger of the covenant whom you desire— see, he is coming! says the Lord of hosts.

Numbers 27:21

He shall present himself to Eleazar the priest, who will seek for him the decision of the Urim in the Lord’s presence; and as it directs, Joshua, all the Israelites with him, and the whole community will go out for battle; and as it directs, they will come in.

John 13:20

Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.” Announcement of Judas’s Betrayal.

John 20:21

[Jesus] said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

Acts 16:17

She began to follow Paul and us, shouting, “These people are slaves of the Most High God, who proclaim to you a way of salvation.”

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Galatians 4:14

and you did not show disdain or contempt because of the trial caused you by my physical condition, but rather you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

Deuteronomy 21:5

The priests, the descendants of Levi, shall come forward, for the Lord, your God, has chosen them to minister to him and to bless in the name of the Lord, and every case of dispute or assault shall be for them to decide.

Deuteronomy 24:8

In an attack of scaly infection you shall be careful to observe exactly and to carry out all the instructions the levitical priests give you, as I have commanded them: observe them carefully.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore, whoever disregards this, disregards not a human being but God, who [also] gives his holy Spirit to you. Mutual Charity.

1 Samuel 2:17

Thus the young men sinned grievously in the presence of the Lord, treating the offerings to the Lord with disdain. The Lord Rewards Hannah.