Malachi 2:8

New Century Version

But you priests have stopped obeying me. With your teachings you have caused many people to do wrong. You have broken the agreement with the tribe of Levi!” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:11

So Uriah the priest built an altar, just like the plans King Ahaz had sent him from Damascus. Uriah finished the altar before King Ahaz came back from Damascus.

Nehemiah 13:29

Remember them, my God, because they made the priesthood unclean and the agreement of the priests and Levites unclean.

Psalm 119:102

I haven’t walked away from your laws, because you yourself are my teacher.

Psalm 18:21

I have followed the ways of the Lord; I have not done evil by turning away from my God.

Proverbs 12:8

The wisdom of the wise wins praise, but there is no respect for the stupid.

Isaiah 30:11

Stop blocking our path. Get out of our way. Stop telling us about God, the Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 59:13

sinning and rejecting the Lord, turning away from our God, planning to hurt others and to disobey God, planning and speaking lies.

Isaiah 9:16

Those who led the people led them in the wrong direction, and those who followed them were destroyed.

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, hope of Israel, those who leave you will be shamed. People who quit following the Lord will be like a name written in the dust, because they have left the Lord, the spring of living water.

Jeremiah 17:5

This is what the Lord says: “A curse is placed on those who trust other people, who depend on humans for strength, who have stopped trusting the Lord.

Jeremiah 18:15

But my people have forgotten me. They burn incense to worthless idols and have stumbled in what they do and in the old ways of their ancestors. They walk along back roads and on poor highways.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests didn’t ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ The people who know the teachings didn’t know me. The leaders turned against me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal and worshiped useless idols.

Ezekiel 22:26

Israel’s priests do cruel things to my teachings and do not honor my holy things. They make no difference between holy and unholy things, and they teach there is no difference between clean and unclean things. They do not remember my Sabbaths, so I am dishonored by them.

Ezekiel 44:10

“ ‘But the Levites who stopped obeying me when Israel left me and who followed their idols must be punished for their sin.

Ezekiel 44:12

But these Levites helped the people worship their idols and caused the people of Israel to fall, so I make this promise: They will be punished for their sin, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 44:7

You brought foreigners into my Holy Place who were not circumcised in the flesh and had not given themselves to serving me. You dishonored my Temple when you offered me food, fat, and blood. You broke my agreement by all the things you did that I hate.

Hosea 4:6

My people will be destroyed, because they have no knowledge. You have refused to learn, so I will refuse to let you be priests to me. You have forgotten the teachings of your God, so I will forget your children.

Leviticus 21:15

so the people will respect his children as his own. I am the Lord. I have set the high priest apart for his special job.’ ”

Zephaniah 3:4

Its prophets are proud; they are people who cannot be trusted. Its priests don’t respect holy things; they break God’s teachings.

Malachi 1:6

The Lord All-Powerful says, “A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master.” I am a father, so why don’t you honor me? I am a master, so why don’t you respect me? You priests do not respect me. “But you ask, ‘How have we shown you disrespect?’

Malachi 2:5

“My agreement for priests was with the tribe of Levi. I promised them life and peace so they would honor me. And they did honor me and fear me.

Numbers 25:12

So tell Phinehas that I am making my peace agreement with him.

Numbers 25:13

He and his descendants will always be priests, because he had great concern for the honor of his God. He removed the sins of the Israelites so they would belong to God.”

Romans 14:21

It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that will cause your brother or sister to sin.

Hebrews 3:12

So brothers and sisters, be careful that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that will turn you away from the living God.

1 Samuel 2:17

The Lord saw that the sin of the servants was very great because they did not show respect for the offerings made to the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons. The Lord’s people are spreading a bad report about you.

1 Samuel 2:30

“So the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I promised that your family and your ancestor’s family would serve me always.’ But now the Lord says: ‘This must stop! I will honor those who honor me, but I will dishonor those who ignore me.