Malachi 1:9

New Century Version

“Now ask God to be kind to you, but he won’t accept you with such offerings,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Cross References

1 Peter 1:17

You pray to God and call him Father, and he judges each person’s work equally. So while you are here on earth, you should live with respect for God.

Jeremiah 27:18

If they are prophets and have the message from the Lord, let them pray to the Lord All-Powerful. Let them ask that the items which are still in the Temple of the Lord and in the king’s palace and in Jerusalem not be taken away to Babylon.

Exodus 32:11

But Moses begged the Lord his God and said, “Lord, don’t let your anger destroy your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with your great power and strength.

Romans 2:11

For God judges all people in the same way.

John 9:31

We all know that God does not listen to sinners, but he listens to anyone who worships and obeys him.

Jeremiah 26:19

“Hezekiah king of Judah and the people of Judah did not kill Micah. You know that Hezekiah feared the Lord and tried to please the Lord. So the Lord changed his mind and did not bring on Judah the disaster he had promised. If we hurt Jeremiah, we will bring a terrible disaster on ourselves!”

Joel 2:17

The priests, the Lord’s servants, should cry between the altar and the entrance to the Temple. They should say, “Lord, have mercy on your people. Don’t let them be put to shame; don’t let other nations make fun of them. Don’t let people in other nations ask, ‘Where is their God?’ ”

Lamentations 2:19

Get up, cry out in the night, even as the night begins. Pour out your heart like water in prayer to the Lord. Lift up your hands in prayer to him for the life of your children who are fainting with hunger on every street corner.

2 Chronicles 30:27

The priests and Levites stood up and blessed the people, and God heard them because their prayer reached heaven, his holy home.

Joel 2:12

The Lord says, “Even now, come back to me with all your heart. Fast, cry, and be sad.”

Amos 5:22

If you offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won’t accept them. You bring your best fellowship offerings of fattened cattle, but I will ignore them.