Malachi 1:14

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Summary

But 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.

Cursed

Which hath in his flock

For

General references

Genesis 18:7

Leviticus 22:20

Leviticus 27:11

Bible References

Cursed

You are cursed with a curse; for you have kept back from me what is mine, even all this nation.

If by chance my father puts his hand on me, it will seem to him that I am tricking him, and he will put a curse on me in place of a blessing.

Israel has done wrong, sinning against the agreement which I made with them: they have even taken of the cursed thing; acting falsely like thieves they have put it among their goods.

Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property,

But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.

Which hath in his flock

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

And he took a seat by the place where the money was kept, and saw how the people put money into the boxes: and a number who had wealth put in much.

She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.

For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

For

And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.

If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;

For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods.

For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give worship and praise and honour to the King of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are right: and those who go in pride he is able to make low.

And the Lord will be King over all the earth: in that day there will be one Lord and his name one.

Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

Which at the right time he will make clear, who is the eternal and only Ruler, King of kings, and Lord of lords;

General references

And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;

But anything which has a mark you may not give; it will not make you pleasing to the Lord.

And if it is any unclean beast, of which offerings are not made to the Lord, then let him take the beast before the priest;