Malachi 2:8
Malachi · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“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.”Malachi 2:8
What Does Malachi 2:8 Mean?
Malachi 2:8 is found in the book of Malachi, chapter 2, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Malachi 2:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Samuel 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.”Nehemiah 13:29“Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.”Malachi 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?”Psalms 119:126“It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.”Ezekiel 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.”Jeremiah 18:15“Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;”Matthew 15:14“Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”Psalms 73:15“If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.”Proverbs 12:8“A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.”Jeremiah 17:5“Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.”Micah 3:5“Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.”Zephaniah 3:4“Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.”1 Samuel 2:17“Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.”Isaiah 30:11“Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.”Ezekiel 44:10“And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.”Malachi 2:5“My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.”Malachi 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.”Malachi 2:10“Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?”Matthew 5:19“Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”Romans 14:21“It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.”
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