Malachi 2:8

An Oracle Against The Temple Priesthood

⁷ For the lips of the priest shall watch knowledge, and they shall seek the law from his mouth: for he is the messenger of Jehovah of armies. ⁸ And ye departed out of the way; ye made many weak by the law; ye corrupted the covenant of Levi, said Jehovah of armies. ⁹ And also I set you despised and low to all the people, according as ye watch not my way, and lift up the face against the law.

Lord Almighty

Lord of Hosts

Says the Lord

Violated The Covenant

Jehovah

Levi

No

Jeremiah 18:15

Because my people forgat me they will burn incense in vain; by their ways they will cause the paths of old to fail, to go beaten paths, a way not cast up;

1 Samuel 2:17

And the sin of the boys will be exceedingly great before Jehovah, for the men despised the gifts of Jehovah.

Nehemiah 13:29

Remember to them, O my God, for the pollutions of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

Ezekiel 44:10

But the Levites who went far off from me, in the going astray of Israel who went astray from me after the blocks; and they bare their iniquity.

Malachi 2:5

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I will give them to him fearing, and he shall fear me, and from the face of my name he was terrified.

Leviticus 21:15

And he shall not profane his seed among his people; for I Jehovah consecrating him.

1 Samuel 2:24

Nay, sons, for not a good report which I heard: causing the people of Jehovah to pass by.

1 Samuel 2:30

For this Jehovah the God of Israel said, Saying, I said, Thy house and the house of thy father shall go before me even forever: and now Jehovah said, Far be it for me; for them honoring me I will honor, and they despising me shall be contemned.

Psalm 18:21

For I watched the ways of Jehovah, and I acted not wickedly from my God.

Psalm 119:102

I departed not from thy judgments, for thou didst teach me.

Isaiah 9:16

And there will be those leading this people causing them to wander; and those being led being swallowed up.

Isaiah 30:11

Remove from the way, turn aside from the path, cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 59:13

Transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and departing from after our God, speaking violence and apostasy, they conceived and muttered from the heart words of falsehood.

Jeremiah 17:5

Thus said Jehovah: Cursed the man who shall trust in man, and set flesh his arm, and shall turn away his heart from Jehovah.

Jeremiah 17:13

The hope of Israel, O Jehovah, all forsaking thee shall be ashamed, turning away from me they shall be written in the earth, for they forsook the fountain of the water of life, Jehovah.

Jeremiah 23:11-15

For also the prophets, also the priests were polluted; also in my house I found their evil, says Jehovah.

Daniel 9:5-6

We sinned, and we did iniquity, and were evil, and rebelled, and departing from thy commands and from thy judgments.

Malachi 2:9-10

And also I set you despised and low to all the people, according as ye watch not my way, and lift up the face against the law.

Matthew 15:2-5

Wherefore do thy disciples pass by the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Luke 11:45-46

And a certain of the skilled in the law having answered, said, Teacher, speaking these things, and thou injurest us.

Romans 2:19-24

And art persuaded thou thyself to be a guide of the blind, a light of them in darkness,

Romans 14:21

Good not to eat flesh, nor drink wine, nor in what thy brother stumbles, or is offended, or is weak.

Hebrews 3:12

See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in removing away from the living God.