Malachi 1:6
"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?" says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. Yet you ask, "How have we despised Your name?"
Cross References
Luke 6:46
Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' but not do what I say?

Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 1:31
and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place."

Psalm 123:2
As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.

Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of a son is his father.

Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.

Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: "I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

Isaiah 43:23
You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with incense.

Jeremiah 3:4
Have you not just called to Me, 'My Father, You are my friend from youth.

Jeremiah 35:16
Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.

Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.

Malachi 2:1
And now this decree is for you, O priests:

Malachi 2:10
Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

son.

Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

Leviticus 19:3
Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must observe My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 5:16
Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

Proverbs 30:11, 17
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. . . .

Matthew 15:4, 6
For God said: 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' . . .

Matthew 19:19
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Mark 7:10
For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother, ' and, 'Whoever curses his father or mother must be put to death.'

Mark 10:19
You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, and honor your father and mother.'"

Luke 18:20
You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.'"

Ephesians 6:2
"Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),

a servant.

1 Timothy 6:1, 2
All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God's name and our teaching will not be discredited. . . .

Titus 2:9, 10
Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, . . .

1 Peter 2:17-19
Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king. . . .

if then.

Malachi 2:9
"So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law."

Exodus 4:22, 23
Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: 'Israel is My firstborn son, . . .

Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: "I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

Jeremiah 31:9
They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel's Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn."

Matthew 6:9, 14, 15
So then, this is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name, . . .

Luke 6:36, 46
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. . . .

1 Peter 1:17
Since you call on a Father who judges each one's work impartially, live your lives in reverent fear during your temporary stay on earth.

and if.

Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord, ' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Luke 6:46
Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord, ' but not do what I say?

John 13:13-17
You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am. . . .

O priests.

Malachi 2:8
"But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi, " says the LORD of Hosts.

1 Samuel 2:28-30
And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the offerings of the Israelites made by fire. . . .

Jeremiah 5:30, 31
A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land. . . .

Jeremiah 23:11
"For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness, " declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

Hosea 5:1
Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For the judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor.

And ye.

Malachi 2:14-17
Yet you ask, "Why?" It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. . . .

Malachi 3:7, 8, 13, 14
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you, " says the LORD of Hosts. But you ask, "How can we return?" . . .

Jeremiah 2:21, 22
I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before me, into a rotten wild vine? . . .

Hosea 12:8
And Ephraim boasts: "How rich I have become; I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sin."

Luke 10:29
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

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