Thematic Bible
Malachi 2:1 (show verse)
And now, O ye priests, this commandment toucheth you.
Malachi 2:2 (show verse)
If ye will not hear it, nor regard it, to give the glory unto my name, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and will curse your blessings. Yea, curse them will I if ye do not take heed.
Malachi 2:3 (show verse)
Behold, I shall corrupt your seed, and cast dung in your faces: even the dung of your solemn feasts and it shall cleave fast upon you.
Malachi 2:4 (show verse)
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you: that my covenant which I made with Levi, might stand, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
Malachi 2:5 (show verse)
I made a covenant of life and peace with him: this I gave him, that he might stand in awe of me: and so he did fear me, and had my name in reverence.
Malachi 2:6 (show verse)
The law of truth was in his mouth, and there was no wickedness found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many one away from their sins.
Corruption » Who corrupted the covenant of levi
Fellowship, with God » Walking with God
God » Voice of select readings » Walking with
Jews, the » Had an ecclesiastical establishment
Levites » Teachers of the law
priests » The duties of a priest
priests » Disobedient priests
Social duties » In relation to food in relation to speech » Truthfulness
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Walking with God
Walking » With God
Fellowship, with God » Walking with God
God » Voice of select readings » Walking with
Jews, the » Had an ecclesiastical establishment
Levites » Teachers of the law
priests » The duties of a priest
priests » Disobedient priests
Social duties » In relation to food in relation to speech » Truthfulness
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Walking with God
Walking » With God
Malachi 2:7 (show verse)
For the priest's lips should be sure knowledge, that men may seek the law at his mouth, for he is a messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
Christian ministers » Duties of the church to
Christian ministers » Messengers of the lord of hosts
Contempt » Who the lord made contemptible
Corruption » Who corrupted the covenant of levi
Courts of justice » Superior court » Consisted subsequently of priests and levites
Jews, the » Had an ecclesiastical establishment
Knowledge » The priest's lips should keep
the Law of moses » Priests and levites to teach
Leaders » Religious priests » Should be holy
Levites » Teachers of the law
Messenger » Figurative
Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Attend to their instructions
Priest » Duties of » Teach the law
priests » Garments of » Should be holy
priests » The duties of a priest
priests » Disobedient priests
Religious » priests » Should be holy
Seeking God » Includes seeking » His commandments
Titles and names of ministers » Messengers of the lord of hosts
Christian ministers » Messengers of the lord of hosts
Contempt » Who the lord made contemptible
Corruption » Who corrupted the covenant of levi
Courts of justice » Superior court » Consisted subsequently of priests and levites
Jews, the » Had an ecclesiastical establishment
Knowledge » The priest's lips should keep
the Law of moses » Priests and levites to teach
Leaders » Religious priests » Should be holy
Levites » Teachers of the law
Messenger » Figurative
Ministers » Their people are bound, to » Attend to their instructions
Priest » Duties of » Teach the law
priests » Garments of » Should be holy
priests » The duties of a priest
priests » Disobedient priests
Religious » priests » Should be holy
Seeking God » Includes seeking » His commandments
Titles and names of ministers » Messengers of the lord of hosts
Malachi 2:8 (show verse)
But as for you, ye are gone clean out of the way, and have caused the multitude to be offended at the law: ye have broken the covenant of Levi, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
Malachi 2:9 (show verse)
Therefore will I also make you to be despised, and to be of no reputation among all the people: because ye have not kept my ways, but been partial in the law.
Malachi 2:10 (show verse)
Have we not all one father? Hath not one God made us? Why doth every one of us then despise his own brother, and so break the covenant of our fathers?
Adam » The first man. Creation of » Progenitor of the human race
Brotherhood of man » To regard all men as brothers » A common father
Creator » God as » Creator of man
Father » Universal
God » Creator » Of man
God » Fatherhood of » God spoken of as the father of all men
Heavenly » Father » God spoken of as the father of all men
Man » A social being » Creation of
Race » Human » Unity of
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A common father
Universal » Blessing, possible » God spoken of as the father of all men
Brotherhood of man » To regard all men as brothers » A common father
Creator » God as » Creator of man
Father » Universal
God » Creator » Of man
God » Fatherhood of » God spoken of as the father of all men
Heavenly » Father » God spoken of as the father of all men
Man » A social being » Creation of
Race » Human » Unity of
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » A common father
Universal » Blessing, possible » God spoken of as the father of all men
Malachi 2:11 (show verse)
Now hath Judah offended: yea the abomination is done in Israel and in Jerusalem, for Judah hath defiled the Sanctuary of the LORD, which he loved, and hath kept the daughter of a strange God.
Malachi 2:12 (show verse)
But the LORD shall destroy the man that doth this, yea both the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacle of Jacob, with him that offereth up meat offering unto the LORD of Hosts.
Malachi 2:13 (show verse)
Now have ye brought it to this point again, that the altar of the LORD is covered with tears, weeping, and mourning: so that I will no more regard the meat offering, neither will I receive or accept anything at your hands.
Malachi 2:14 (show verse)
And yet ye say, 'Wherefore?' Even because that whereas the LORD made a covenant betwixt thee and the wife of thy youth, thou hast despised her: Yet is she thine own companion and married wife.
Malachi 2:15 (show verse)
So did not the one, and yet had he an excellent spirit. What did then the one? He sought the seed promised of God. Therefore look well to your spirit, and let no man despise the wife of his youth.
Malachi 2:16 (show verse)
If thou hatest her, put her away, sayeth the LORD God of Israel and give her a clothing for the scorn, sayeth the LORD of Hosts. Look well then to your spirit, and despise her not.
Malachi 2:17 (show verse)
Ye grieve the LORD with your words, and yet ye say, 'Wherewithal have we grieved him?' In this, that ye say: 'All that do evil are good in the sight of God, and such please him.' Or else where is the God that punisheth?