Malachi 1:6

Tree of Life Version

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. So if I am Father, where is My honor? If I am Master, where is My reverence?”—says Adonai-Tzva’ot—“you, kohanim who despise My Name!” But you say, “How did we despise Your Name?”

Cross References

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of slaves to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a slave-girl to the hand of her mistress— so our eyes look to Adonai our God, till He shows us favor.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long upon the land which Adonai your God is giving you.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly and the glory of children is their parents.

Proverbs 30:11

There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns obeying a mother— will be pecked out by ravens of the valley and eaten by young vultures!

Isaiah 1:2

Listen! Heavens, and hear, earth, for Adonai has spoken: “Sons I have raised and brought up, but they have rebelled against Me.

Isaiah 43:23

You have not brought Me sheep for your burnt offerings; nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I did not compel you to serve offerings nor wearied you with incense.

Isaiah 45:10

Oy , to him who says to his father, “What have you begotten?” Or to a woman, “What have you born?”

Isaiah 64:7

But now, Adonai, You are our Father. We are the clay and You are our potter, We are all the work of Your hand.

Isaiah 64:8

Do not be angry much more, Adonai, or remember iniquity forever. Oh, please see, we are all Your people!

Jeremiah 23:11

For both prophet and kohen are ungodly. Even in My House I found their evil.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Jeremiah 3:4

Did you not just now call to Me: ‘Avi! You are a friend of my youth.

Jeremiah 31:9

Hear the word of Adonai, O nations, and declare it in the distant islands, and say: ‘He who scattered Israel will gather and watch over him, as a shepherd does his flock.’

Jeremiah 35:16

For the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab have kept the commandment of their father which he commanded them, but this people have not obeyed Me.’”

Ezekiel 22:26

Her kohanim have done violence to My Torah and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, nor have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean. They shut their eyes to My Shabbatot. So I am profaned among them.

Hosea 12:8

A merchant loves to extort, with deceptive balances in his hand.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Since you rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being My kohen. Since you forgot the Torah of your God, just so I will forget your children.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment applies to you: For you were a snare at Mizpah and a net spread on Tabor.

Leviticus 19:3

“Each one of you is to respect his mother and his father, and keep My Shabbatot. I am Adonai your God.

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men. Her kohanim have profaned what is holy. They do violence to Torah.

Malachi 2:1

“So now, kohanim, this commandment is for you.

Malachi 2:10

Do we not all have one Father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously —a man against his brother— defiling the covenant of our fathers?

Malachi 2:8

But you have turned from the way. You caused many to stumble in Torah by the instruction, You corrupted the covenant of the Levites,” —says Adonai-Tzva’ot.

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, perjurers those who extort a worker’s wage, or oppress the widow or an orphan, those who mislead a stranger. They do not fear Me,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.

Matthew 15:4

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’

Matthew 15:6

he need not honor his father.’ On account of your tradition, you made void the word of God.

Matthew 19:19

honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Matthew 6:9

“Therefore, pray in this way: ‘Our Father in heaven, sanctified be Your name.

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Mark 10:19

You know the commandments, ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,’ do not cheat, ‘honor your father and mother.’”

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’

Luke 10:29

But wanting to vindicate himself, he said to Yeshua, “Then who is my neighbor?”

Luke 18:20

You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”

Luke 6:36

Be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate to you.”

Luke 6:46

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

Ephesians 6:2

“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

Deuteronomy 1:31

and in the wilderness, where you saw how Adonai your God carried you as a man carries his son, everywhere you went until you came to this place.’

Deuteronomy 32:6

Is this how you pay back Adonai, O foolish, unwise people? Isn’t He your Father who ransomed you? He made you and established you.

Deuteronomy 5:16

‘Honor your father and your mother just as Adonai your God commanded you, so that your days may be long and it may go well with you in the land Adonai your God is giving you.

1 Peter 1:17

If you call on Him as Father—the One who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds—then live out the time of sojourning in reverent fear.