BLB Mal 1

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Mal 1:6 — 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?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

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

Correlating Passages

son

	Exd 20:12	Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
	Lev 19:3	Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.
	Deu 5:16	Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
	Pro 30:11	[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
	Pro 30:17	The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
	Mat 15:4	For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
	Mat 15:6	And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
	Mat 19:19	Honour thy father and [thy] mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
	Mar 7:10	For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
	Mar 10:19	Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
	Luk 18:20	Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
	Eph 6:2	Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

a servant

	1Ti 6:1	Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed.
	1Ti 6:2	And they that have believing masters, let them not despise [them], because they are brethren; but rather do [them] service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
	Tts 2:9	[Exhort] servants to be obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering again;
	Tts 2:10	Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
	1Pe 2:17	Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
	1Pe 2:18	Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
	1Pe 2:19	For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

if then

	Mal 2:9	Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
	Exd 4:22	And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my firstborn:
	Exd 4:23	And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, [even] thy firstborn.
	Isa 1:2	Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
	Isa 64:8	But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter; and we all [are] the work of thy hand.
	Jer 31:9	They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim [is] my firstborn.
	Mat 6:9	After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
	Mat 6:14	For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
	Mat 6:15	But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
	Luk 6:36	Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
	Luk 6:46	And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
	1Pe 1:17	And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:

and if

	Mat 7:21	Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
	Luk 6:46	And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
	Jhn 13:13	Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for [so] I am.
	Jhn 13:14	If I then, [your] Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
	Jhn 13:15	For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
	Jhn 13:16	Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
	Jhn 13:17	If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

O priests

	Mal 2:8	But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
	1Sa 2:28	And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel [to be] my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
	1Sa 2:29	Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded [in my] habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
	1Sa 2:30	Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed [that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
	Jer 5:30	A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
	Jer 5:31	The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
	Jer 23:11	For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
	Eze 22:26	Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed [difference] between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
	Hsa 4:6	My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
	Hsa 5:1	Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment [is] toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

And ye

	Mal 2:14	Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
	Mal 2:15	And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
	Mal 2:16	For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
	Mal 2:17	Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied [him]? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil [is] good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where [is] the God of judgment?
	Mal 3:7	Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept [them]. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
	Mal 3:8	Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
	Mal 3:13	Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken [so much] against thee?
	Mal 3:14	Ye have said, It [is] vain to serve God: and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?