Malachi 1:6
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The Priests' Polluted Offerings
6 (A)“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am (B)a father, where is my honor? And if I am (C)a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. (D)But you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’
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Luke 6:46
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Build Your House on the Rock
46 (A)“Why (B)do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?
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Isaiah 1:2
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The Wickedness of Judah
2 (A)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O (B)earth;
for the Lord has spoken:
“Children[a] (C)have I reared and brought up,
but they have rebelled against me.
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- Isaiah 1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4
Exodus 20:12
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12 (A)“Honor your father and your mother, (B)that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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John 13:13-17
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13 (A)You call me (B)Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, (C)you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, (D)that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, (E)a servant[a] is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, (F)blessed are you if you do them.
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- John 13:16 Or bondservant, or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
1 Peter 2:17-19
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17 (A)Honor everyone. (B)Love the brotherhood. (C)Fear God. Honor the emperor.
18 (D)Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. 19 For this is a gracious thing, when, (E)mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.
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1 Peter 1:17
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17 And if you (A)call on him as Father who (B)judges (C)impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves (D)with fear throughout the time of your exile,
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Malachi 3:13-14
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13 (A)“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. (B)But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14 You have said, (C)‘It is vain to serve God. (D)What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?
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Hosea 12:8
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8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, but (A)I am rich;
I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors (B)they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
Isaiah 64:8
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8 (A)But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
(B)we are the clay, and you are our potter;
(C)we are all the work of your hand.
Titus 2:9-10
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9 (A)Bondservants[a] are to be submissive to their own masters (B)in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, 10 not pilfering, (C)but showing all good faith, (D)so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.
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- Titus 2:9 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Malachi 2:14-17
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14 (A)But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord (B)was witness between you and the wife of your youth, (C)to whom (D)you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 (E)Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?[a] And what was the one God[b] seeking?[c] (F)Godly offspring. So guard yourselves[d] in your spirit, and let none of you be (G)faithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For (H)the man who does not love his wife but divorces her,[e] says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers[f] his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and (I)do not be faithless.”
The Messenger of the Lord
17 (J)You have wearied the Lord with your words. (K)But you say, “How have we wearied him?” (L)By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, (M)“Where is the God of justice?”
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- Malachi 2:15 Hebrew in it
- Malachi 2:15 Hebrew the one
- Malachi 2:15 Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?
- Malachi 2:15 Or So take care; also verse 16
- Malachi 2:16 Hebrew who hates and divorces
- Malachi 2:16 Probable meaning (compare Septuagint and Deuteronomy 24:1–4); or “The Lord, the God of Israel, says that he hates divorce, and him who covers
Ephesians 6:2
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2 (A)“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),
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Matthew 7:21
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I Never Knew You
21 (A)“Not everyone who (B)says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will (C)enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who (D)does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
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Proverbs 30:17
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17 The eye that (A)mocks a father
and (B)scorns to obey a mother
will (C)be picked out by (D)the ravens of the valley
and eaten by the vultures.
Leviticus 19:3
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3 (A)Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and (B)you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
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Matthew 6:9
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9 (A)Pray then like this:
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- Matthew 6:9 Or Let your name be kept holy, or Let your name be treated with reverence
Ezekiel 22:26
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26 (A)Her priests (B)have done violence to my law and (C)have profaned my holy things. (D)They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and (E)they have disregarded my Sabbaths, (F)so that I am profaned among them.
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Proverbs 30:11
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- Proverbs 30:11 Hebrew There is a generation; also verses 12, 13, 14
Mark 10:19
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19 You know the commandments: (A)‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’”
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Hosea 4:6
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6 My people are destroyed (A)for lack of knowledge;
(B)because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you (C)from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
(D)I also will forget your children.
Jeremiah 23:11
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11 (A)“Both prophet and priest are ungodly;
even (B)in my house I have found their evil,
declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 5:30-31
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30 An appalling and (A)horrible thing
has happened in the land:
31 (B)the prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
(C)my people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?
1 Samuel 2:28-30
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28 (A)Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, (B)to wear an ephod before me? (C)I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel. 29 Why then do you (D)scorn[a] my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded for my dwelling, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’ 30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: (E)‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ (F)but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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- 1 Samuel 2:29 Hebrew kick at
Deuteronomy 5:16
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16 “‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, (A)that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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