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Malachi 1

King James Version · 14 verses · 614 cross-references linking it to 329 other chapters

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  1. 1The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.15 cross-references: Habakkuk 1:1, Isaiah 13:1, Haggai 1:1, Zechariah 9:1, Nahum 1:1
  2. 2I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,49 cross-references: Isaiah 41:8–9, Deuteronomy 10:15, Jeremiah 31:3, Romans 9:10–13, Deuteronomy 7:6–8
  3. 3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.42 cross-references: Obadiah 1:10, Jeremiah 49:16–18, Joel 3:19, Ezekiel 35:3–4, Jeremiah 49:10
  4. 4Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.40 cross-references: Ezekiel 25:14, Ezekiel 35:9, Isaiah 11:14, Isaiah 34:10, Isaiah 63:1–6
  5. 5And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.18 cross-references: Deuteronomy 11:7, Luke 10:23–24, Psalms 83:17–18, Psalms 58:10–11, Ezekiel 38:16
  6. 6A 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?86 cross-references: Luke 6:46, Isaiah 1:2, Exodus 20:12, John 13:13–17, 1 Peter 2:17–19
  7. 7Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.25 cross-references: Malachi 1:12, 1 Corinthians 11:27–32, 1 Corinthians 10:21, Malachi 1:8, 1 Samuel 2:15–17
  8. 8And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts.23 cross-references: Deuteronomy 15:21, Leviticus 22:19–25, Hosea 8:13, Jeremiah 14:10, Malachi 1:13–14
  9. 9And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts.24 cross-references: 1 Peter 1:17, Jeremiah 27:18, Exodus 32:11, Hebrews 7:26–27, John 9:31
  10. 10Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.53 cross-references: 1 Peter 5:2, Amos 5:21–24, Micah 3:11, Hosea 5:6, Jeremiah 6:20
  11. 11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.124 cross-references: Isaiah 54:5, Isaiah 45:6, Isaiah 66:19–20, Hebrews 13:15–16, Zechariah 8:7
  12. 12But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.33 cross-references: Romans 2:24, Malachi 2:8, Amos 2:7, Malachi 1:6–8, Malachi 1:13
  13. 13Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.45 cross-references: Micah 6:3, Mark 14:37–38, Ezekiel 4:14, Isaiah 57:6, Zechariah 7:5–6
  14. 14But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.61 cross-references: 2 Corinthians 8:12, Acts 5:1–10, Ecclesiastes 5:4–5, Malachi 1:8, Jeremiah 10:10

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