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Mal 1:6 (KJV) — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Mal 1:6 (RSV) — "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised thy name?'

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

son	Exd 20:12; Lev 19:3; Deu 5:16; Pro 30:11,17; Mat 15:4,6; Mat 19:19; Mar 7:10; Mar 10:19; Luk 18:20; Eph 6:2
a servant	1Ti 6:1,2; Tts 2:9,10; 1Pe 2:17-19
if then	From this verse to Mal 2:9, the prophet reproves the priests and people for sacrificing the refuse of beasts; and denounces punishment against the former for not teaching the people their duty in this respect. Exd 4:22,23; Isa 1:2; Isa 64:8; Jer 31:9; Mat 6:9,14,15; Luk 6:36,46; 1Pe 1:17
and if	Mat 7:21; Luk 6:46; Jhn 13:13-17
O priests	Mal 2:8; 1Sa 2:28-30; Jer 5:30,31; Jer 23:11; Eze 22:26; Hsa 4:6; Hsa 5:1
And ye	Mal 2:14-17; Mal 3:7,8,13,14; Jer 2:21,22; Hsa 12:8; Luk 10:29