Malachi 2:8

New International Reader's Version

But you have turned away from the right path. Your teaching has caused many people to trip and fall. You have broken my covenant with Levi,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:11

So Uriah the priest built an altar. He followed all the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. He finished it before Ahaz returned.

Nehemiah 13:29

You are my God. Remember what those priests have done. They have brought shame to their own work. They have also brought shame to the covenant that God made with the priests and Levites long ago.

Psalm 119:102

I haven’t turned away from your laws, because you yourself have taught me.

Psalm 18:21

I have lived the way the Lord wanted me to. I am not guilty of turning away from my God.

Proverbs 12:8

A person is praised for how wise they are. But people hate anyone who has a twisted mind.

Isaiah 30:11

Get out of our way! Get off our path! Keep the Holy One of Israel away from us!’ ”

Isaiah 59:13

We’ve refused to obey the Lord. We’ve made evil plans against him. We’ve turned our backs on our God. We’ve stirred up conflict and refused to follow him. We’ve told lies that came from our own minds.

Isaiah 9:16

Those who guide the people of Israel are leading them down the wrong path. So those who follow them aren’t on the right road.

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, you are Israel’s only hope. Everyone who deserts you will be put to shame. The names of those who turn away from you will be listed among the dead. Lord, they have deserted you. You are the spring of water that gives life.

Jeremiah 17:5

The Lord says, “Those who trust in human beings are under my curse. They depend on human strength. Their hearts turn away from me.

Jeremiah 18:15

But my people have forgotten me. They burn incense to worthless gods. Their gods made them trip and fall as they walked on the old paths. They made them use side roads instead of roads that were built up.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who taught my law did not know me. The leaders refused to obey me. The prophets prophesied in the name of Baal. They worshiped worthless statues of gods.

Ezekiel 22:26

Its priests break my law. They treat things set apart to me as if they were not holy. They treat holy and common things as if they were the same. They teach that there is no difference between things that are ‘clean’ and things that are not. They refuse to keep my Sabbath days. So they treat me as if I were not holy.

Ezekiel 44:10

“Some Levites wandered far away from me when Israel went astray. They worshiped the statues of their gods. So they will be punished because they have sinned.

Ezekiel 44:12

But these Levites served the people of Israel. They served while the Israelites were worshiping the statues of their gods. They made the people fall into sin. So I raised my hand and made a promise. I warned them that I would punish them because of their sin,” announces the Lord and King.

Ezekiel 44:7

You brought outsiders into my temple. They were not circumcised. Their hearts were stubborn. You made my temple ‘unclean.’ But you offered me food, fat and blood anyway. When you did all these things, you broke the covenant I made with you. I hated all the evil things you did.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed because they do not know me. “You priests have refused to obey me. So I will refuse to accept you as my priests. You have not paid any attention to my law. So I will not let your children be my priests.

Leviticus 21:15

If he doesn’t marry a virgin, he makes the children he has by her “unclean.” I am the Lord. I make him holy.’ ”

Zephaniah 3:4

Their prophets care about nothing. They can’t be trusted. Their priests make the temple “unclean.” They break the law they teach others to obey.

Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father. A slave honors his master. If I am a father, where is the honor I should have? If I am a master, where is the respect you should give me?” says the Lord who rules over all. “You priests look down on me. “But you ask, ‘How have we looked down on you?’

Malachi 2:5

“My covenant promised Levi life and peace. So I gave them to him. I required him to respect me. And he had great respect for my name.

Numbers 25:12

So tell Phinehas I am making my covenant with him. It is my promise to give him peace.

Numbers 25:13

He and his sons after him will have a covenant to be priests forever. That is because he was committed to making sure that I, his God, was honored. In that way he paid for the sin of the Israelites.”

Romans 14:21

Don’t eat meat if it causes your brother or sister to sin. Don’t drink wine or do anything else that will make them sin.

Hebrews 3:12

Brothers and sisters, make sure that none of you has a sinful heart. Do not let an unbelieving heart turn you away from the living God.

1 Samuel 2:17

That sin of Eli’s sons was very great in the Lord’s sight. That’s because they were not treating his offering with respect.

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons. The report I hear isn’t good. And it’s spreading among the Lord’s people.

1 Samuel 2:30

“The Lord is the God of Israel. He announced, ‘I promised that members of your family line would serve me as priests forever.’ But now the Lord announces, ‘I will not let that happen! I will honor those who honor me. But I will turn away from those who look down on me.