Malachi 2:8
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8 But you have turned from the way(A) and by your teaching have caused many to stumble;(B) you have violated the covenant(C) with Levi,”(D) says the Lord Almighty.
Nehemiah 13:29
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29 Remember(A) them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.(B)
Jeremiah 18:15
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Malachi 2:5
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5 “My covenant was with him, a covenant(A) of life and peace,(B) and I gave them to him; this called for reverence(C) and he revered me and stood in awe of my name.
Ezekiel 44:10
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10 “‘The Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray(A) and who wandered from me after their idols must bear the consequences of their sin.(B)
Isaiah 30:11
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1 Samuel 2:17
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17 This sin of the young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they[a] were treating the Lord’s offering with contempt.(A)
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 2:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text people
Hebrews 3:12
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12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.(A)
Romans 14:21
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21 It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.(A)
Romans 2:19-24
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19 if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21 you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?(A) 22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?(B) 23 You who boast in the law,(C) do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”[a](D)
Footnotes
- Romans 2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22
Luke 11:45-46
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45 One of the experts in the law(A) answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”
46 Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.(B)
Matthew 15:2-5
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2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”(A)
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? 4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’[a](B) and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[b](C) 5 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’
Footnotes
- Matthew 15:4 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
- Matthew 15:4 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9
Malachi 2:9-10
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9 “So I have caused you to be despised(A) and humiliated(B) before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality(C) in matters of the law.”(D)
Breaking Covenant Through Divorce
10 Do we not all have one Father[a]?(E) Did not one God create us?(F) Why do we profane the covenant(G) of our ancestors by being unfaithful(H) to one another?
Footnotes
- Malachi 2:10 Or father
Daniel 9:5-6
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Jeremiah 23:11-15
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11 “Both prophet and priest are godless;(A)
even in my temple(B) I find their wickedness,”
declares the Lord.
12 “Therefore their path will become slippery;(C)
they will be banished to darkness
and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them
in the year they are punished,(D)”
declares the Lord.
13 “Among the prophets of Samaria
I saw this repulsive thing:
They prophesied by Baal(E)
and led my people Israel astray.(F)
14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen something horrible:(G)
They commit adultery and live a lie.(H)
They strengthen the hands of evildoers,(I)
so that not one of them turns from their wickedness.(J)
They are all like Sodom(K) to me;
the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”(L)
15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:
Jeremiah 17:5
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5 This is what the Lord says:
Isaiah 59:13
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Isaiah 9:16
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Psalm 119:102
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Psalm 18:21
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1 Samuel 2:30
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30 “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.(A)’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor,(B) but those who despise(C) me will be disdained.(D)
1 Samuel 2:24
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24 No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the Lord’s people is not good.
Leviticus 21:15
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15 so that he will not defile his offspring among his people. I am the Lord, who makes him holy.’”
Jeremiah 17:13
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