Malachi 1:6
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Polluted Offerings
6 “A son (A)honors his father,
And a servant his master.
(B)If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the Lord of hosts
To you priests who despise My name.
(C)Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’
Luke 6:46
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Build on the Rock(A)
46 (B)“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?
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Exodus 20:12
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12 (A)“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be (B)long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
1 Peter 2:17-19
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17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear (A)God. Honor the king.
Submission to Masters(B)
18 (C)Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. 19 For this is (D)commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
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1 Peter 1:17
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17 And if you call on the Father, who (A)without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your [a]stay here in fear;
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- 1 Peter 1:17 sojourning, dwelling as resident aliens
John 13:13-17
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13 (A)You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. 14 (B)If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, (C)you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For (D)I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. 16 (E)Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. 17 (F)If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
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Isaiah 1:2
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The Wickedness of Judah
2 (A)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth!
For the Lord has spoken:
“I have nourished and brought up children,
And they have rebelled against Me;
Hosea 12:8
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8 And Ephraim said,
(A)‘Surely I have become rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors
They shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.’
Malachi 3:13-14
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The People Complain Harshly
13 “Your(A) words have been [a]harsh against Me,”
Says the Lord,
“Yet you say,
‘What have we spoken against You?’
14 (B)You have said,
‘It is useless to serve God;
What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance,
And that we have walked as mourners
Before the Lord of hosts?
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- Malachi 3:13 Lit. strong
Malachi 2:14-17
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14 Yet you say, “For what reason?”
Because the Lord has been witness
Between you and (A)the wife of your youth,
With whom you have dealt treacherously;
(B)Yet she is your companion
And your wife by covenant.
15 But (C)did He not make them one,
Having a remnant of the Spirit?
And why one?
He seeks (D)godly offspring.
Therefore take heed to your spirit,
And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.
16 “For (E)the Lord God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one’s garment with violence,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously.”
17 (F)You have wearied the Lord with your words;
Yet you say,
“In what way have we wearied Him?”
In that you say,
(G)“Everyone who does evil
Is good in the sight of the Lord,
And He delights in them,”
Or, “Where is the God of justice?”
Ephesians 6:2
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2 (A)“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise:
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Isaiah 64:8
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8 But now, O Lord,
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our (A)potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.
Proverbs 30:17
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17 (A)The eye that mocks his father,
And scorns obedience to his mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.
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