Malachi 1:10

Tree of Life Version

“If just one of you would shut the doors, and not light My altar uselessly! I have no delight in you,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. “Nor will I accept any offering from your hand.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:6

let the kohanim receive it, each from one of the treasurers, so they may repair the damage to the House wherever any damage is found.”

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Adonai, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

Jeremiah 14:10

Thus says Adonai to this people: How they loved to wander, They did not restrain their feet. So Adonai does not accept them. Now will He remember their iniquity, and punish their sins.

Jeremiah 14:12

If they fast, I will not hear their cry. If they offer burnt offering or grain offering, I will not accept them. Instead I will consume them with sword, with famine and with plague.”

Jeremiah 6:13

“For from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for gain, and from prophet even to kohen, everyone practices deceit.

Jeremiah 6:20

Of what use to Me is frankincense coming from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to Me.”

Jeremiah 8:10

Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to new owners. For from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for gain. From the prophet even to the kohen everyone practices deceit.

Hosea 5:6

With their flocks and with their herds they will go to seek Adonai, but they will not find Him— He has withdrawn from them.

Micah 3:11

Her leaders give judgment for a bribe. Her priests give direction for a price. Her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean on Adonai by saying: “Is not Adonai in our midst? No calamity will come upon us!”

Malachi 1:13

You also say, “It’s so tedious!” “And you sniff at it,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. “So you bring plunder, the lame and the sick. Then you bring them as the offering. Should I accept this from your hand?” says Adonai.

Malachi 2:12

Adonai will cut off the man who does this, until he is cast from the tents of Jacob, and from offering a gift to Adonai-Tzva’ot.

Malachi 2:13

Secondly, you do this: Tears cover the altar of Adonai— you are weeping and groaning because He no longer accepts the offering or receives it favorably from your hand.

John 10:12

The hired worker is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and flees. Then the wolf snatches and scatters the sheep.

1 Corinthians 9:13

Don’t you know that those who perform the holy services eat from the Temple, and those who wait on the altar receive a share at the altar?

Philippians 2:21

for all seek after their own interests, not those of Messiah Yeshua.

Hebrews 10:38

But My righteous one shall live by emunah; and if he shrinks back, My soul takes no pleasure in him.”

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd God’s flock among you. Watch over it not under compulsion but willingly before God, not for dishonest gain but eagerly.