Malachi 2:8
But as for you [priests], you have turned from the way and you have caused many to stumble by your instruction [in the law]. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 18:15
‘Yet My people have forgotten Me;
They burn incense to worthless gods,
They have stumbled from their ways
From the ancient roads,
To walk in pathways,
Not on a highway,
1 Samuel 2:17
So the sin of the [two] young men [Hophni and Phinehas] was very great before the Lord, for the men treated the offering of the Lord disrespectfully.
Nehemiah 13:29
O my God, remember them, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Ezekiel 44:10
But the Levites who went far away from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, they shall bear the punishment for their sin and guilt.
Malachi 2:5
“My covenant with Levi was [one of] life and peace, and I gave them to him as an object of reverence; so he [and the priests] feared Me and stood in reverent awe of My name.
Leviticus 21:15
so that he will not profane or dishonor his children among his people; for I am the Lord who sanctifies the high priest.’”
1 Samuel 2:24
No, my sons; for the report that I keep hearing from the passers-by among the Lord’s people is not good.
1 Samuel 2:30
Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and that of [Aaron] your father would walk [in priestly service] before Me forever.’ But now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be insignificant and contemptible.
Psalm 18:21
For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psalm 119:102
I have not turned aside from Your ordinances,
For You Yourself have taught me.
Isaiah 9:16
For those who lead this people are causing them to go astray;
And those who are led [astray] by them are swallowed up.
Isaiah 30:11
“Get out of the [true] way, turn aside from the path [of God],
Stop bothering us with the Holy One of Israel.”
Isaiah 59:13
Rebelling against and denying the Lord,
Turning away from [following] our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and muttering from the heart lying words.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
Jeremiah 17:13
O Lord, the hope of Israel,
All who abandon You will be shamed.
Those who turn away on earth will be written down,
Because they have abandoned the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
Jeremiah 23:11-15
“For both [false] prophet and priest are ungodly (profane, polluted);
Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.
Daniel 9:5-6
we have sinned and committed wrong, and have behaved wickedly and have rebelled, turning away from Your commandments and ordinances.
Malachi 2:9-10
“So I have also made you despised and abased before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality [to people] in [your administration of] the law.”
Matthew 15:2-5
“Why do Your disciples violate the
Luke 11:45-46
One of the lawyers [an expert in the Mosaic Law] answered Him, “Teacher, by saying this, You insult us too!”
Romans 2:19-24
and [if you] are confident that you are a [qualified] guide to the blind [those untaught in theology], a light to those who are in darkness,
Romans 14:21
It is good [to do the right thing and] not eat meat or drink wine, or do anything that offends your brother and weakens him spiritually.
Hebrews 3:12
Take care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Ye are
Ye have caused
Ye have corrupted
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Ye are
For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
I have not turned aside from Your ordinances,
For You Yourself have taught me.
“Get out of the [true] way, turn aside from the path [of God],
Stop bothering us with the Holy One of Israel.”
Rebelling against and denying the Lord,
Turning away from [following] our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and muttering from the heart lying words.
Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
Ye have caused
For those who lead this people are causing them to go astray;
And those who are led [astray] by them are swallowed up.
‘Yet My people have forgotten Me;
They burn incense to worthless gods,
They have stumbled from their ways
From the ancient roads,
To walk in pathways,
Not on a highway,
“For both [false] prophet and priest are ungodly (profane, polluted);
Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.