Malachi 1:6

The Scriptures 1998

“A son esteems his father, and a servant his master. And if I am the Father, where is My esteem? And if I am a Master, where is My fear? said יהוה  of hosts to you priests who despise My Name. But you asked, ‘In what way have we despised Your Name?’

Cross References

Psalm 123:2

See, as the eyes of servants Are toward the hand of their masters, As the eyes of a female servant Are toward the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes toward יהוה  our Elohim, Until He shows favour to us.

Exodus 20:12

“Respect your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged upon the soil which יהוה  your Elohim is giving you.

Proverbs 17:6

Children’s children are the crown of old men, And the adornment of children is their fathers.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother –

Proverbs 30:17

An eye that mocks his father, And scorns to obey his mother – Ravens of the wadi dig it out, And young eagles eat it!

Isaiah 1:2

Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth! For יהוה  has spoken, “I have reared and brought up children, but they have transgressed against Me.

Isaiah 43:23

“You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings, nor have you esteemed Me with your slaughterings. I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings, nor wearied you with incense.

Isaiah 45:10

“Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What are you bringing forth?’ Or to the woman, ‘What are you labouring over?’ ”

Isaiah 64:7

And there is no one who calls on Your Name, who stirs himself up to take hold of You; for You have hidden Your face from us, and have consumed us because of our crookednesses.

Isaiah 64:8

And now, O יהוה, You are our Father. We are the clay, and You our potter. And we are all the work of Your hand.

Jeremiah 23:11

“For both prophet and priest have become defiled. Even in My house I have found their evil,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 3:4

“Shall you not from now on cry to Me, ‘My father, You are the guide of my youth?

Jeremiah 31:9

“With weeping they shall come, and with their prayers I bring them. I shall make them walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they do not stumble. For I shall be a Father to Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 35:16

“The sons of Yonaḏ

Ezekiel 22:26

“Her priests have done violence to My teaching and they profane My set-apart matters. They have not distinguished between the set-apart and profane, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean. And they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned in their midst.

Hosea 12:8

And Ephrayim says, “Indeed, I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself. In all my labours they shall find in me no crookedness that is sin.”

Hosea 4:6

“My people have perished for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being priest for Me. Since you have forgotten the Torah of your Elohim, I also forget your children.

Hosea 5:1

“Hear this, O priests! And listen, O house of Yisra’ĕ

Leviticus 19:3

‘Each one of you should fear his mother and his father, and guard My Sabbaths. I am יהוה  your Elohim.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men. Her priests have profaned the set-apart place, they have done violence to the Torah.

Malachi 2:1

“And now, O priests, this command is for you.

Malachi 2:10

Have we not all one Father? Did not one Ě

Malachi 2:8

“But you, you have turned from the way, you have caused many to stumble in the Torah. You have corrupted the covenant of Lĕ

Malachi 3:5

“And I shall draw near to you for right-ruling. And I shall be a swift witness against the practisers of witchcraft, and against adulterers, and against them that swear to falsehood, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and those who turn away a sojourner and do not fear Me,” said יהוה  of hosts.

Matthew 15:4

“For Elohim has commanded, saying, ‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Matthew 15:6

is certainly released from respecting his father or mother.’ So you have nullified the command of Elohim by your tradition.

Matthew 19:19

‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ ”

Matthew 6:9

“This, then, is the way you should pray: ‘Our Father who is in the heavens, let Your Name be set-apart,

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Master, Master,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens.

Mark 10:19

“You know the commands, ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Do not rob,’ ‘Respect your father and your mother.’ ”

Mark 7:10

“For Mosheh said, ‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Luke 10:29

But he, wishing to declare himself righteous, said to יהושע, “And who is my neighbour?”

Luke 18:20

“You know the commands, ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not bear false witness,’ ‘Respect your father and your mother.’ ”

Luke 6:36

“Therefore be compassionate, as your Father also is compassionate.

Luke 6:46

“But why do you call Me ‘Master, Master,’ and do not do what I say?

Ephesians 6:2

“Respect your father and mother,” which is the first command with promise,

Deuteronomy 1:31

and in the wilderness, where you saw how יהוה  your Elohim has borne you, as a man bears his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

Deuteronomy 32:6

“Do you do this to יהוה, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you, Who created you and established you?

Deuteronomy 5:16

‘Respect your father and your mother, as יהוה  your Elohim has commanded you, so that your days are prolonged, and so that it is well with you on the soil which יהוה  your Elohim is giving you.

1 Peter 1:17

And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear,