Malachi 2:7

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:11

And Uriah the priest built the altar; in accordance with all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Uriah the priest made it, before King Ahaz arrived from Damascus.

2 Kings 16:16

Uriah the priest did all this, as King Ahaz commanded.

2 Chronicles 30:22

And Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the Lord. So the people ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 31:4

And he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of the Lord.

Ezra 7:10

For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach his statutes and ordinances in Israel.

Ezra 7:25

“And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and those who do not know them, you shall teach.

Proverbs 5:2

that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 5:5

It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

Isaiah 42:19

Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is blind as my dedicated one, or blind as the servant of the Lord?

Isaiah 44:26

who confirms the word of his servant, and performs the counsel of his messengers; who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built, and I will raise up their ruins’;

Jeremiah 15:19

Therefore thus says the Lord: “If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not heed any of his words.”

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who handle the law did not know me; the rulers transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after things that do not profit.

Ezekiel 22:26

Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

Ezekiel 7:26

Disaster comes upon disaster, rumor follows rumor; they seek a vision from the prophet, but the law perishes from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

Daniel 11:33

And those among the people who are wise shall make many understand, though they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder, for some days.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

Leviticus 10:11

and you are to teach the people of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by Moses.”

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are wanton, faithless men; her priests profane what is sacred, they do violence to the law.

Haggai 1:13

Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord's message, “I am with you, says the Lord.”

Zechariah 7:3

and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets, “Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Numbers 27:21

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord; at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.”

John 13:20

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives any one whom I send receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me.”

John 20:21

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

Acts 16:17

She followed Paul and us, crying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.”

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Galatians 4:14

and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not scorn or despise me, but received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.

Deuteronomy 21:5

And the priests the sons 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 by their word every dispute and every assault shall be settled.

Deuteronomy 24:8

“Take heed, in an attack of leprosy, to be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests shall direct you; as I commanded them, so you shall be careful to do.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

1 Samuel 2:17

Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord; for the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.