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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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;
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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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
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?
Footnotes
- Malachi 3:13 Lit. strong
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.’
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.
Titus 2:9-10
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9 Exhort (A)bondservants to be obedient to their own masters, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back, 10 not [a]pilfering, but showing all good [b]fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
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- Titus 2:10 thieving
- Titus 2:10 honesty
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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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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