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Malachi 1:4–6

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Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.
¶ 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?
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From verse 4

  1. Ezekiel 25:14Rank 1 from verse 4
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    14And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God.

  2. Ezekiel 35:9Rank 2 from verse 4
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    9I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  3. Ezekiel 11:10Rank 3 from verse 4
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    10Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  4. Isaiah 10:15–16Rank 4 from verse 4
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    15Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

    16Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

  5. Isaiah 11:14Rank 5 from verse 4
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    14But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.

  6. Isaiah 34:5Rank 6 from verse 4
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    5For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

  7. Isaiah 63:1–6Rank 7 from verse 4
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    1WHO is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

    2Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?

    3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

    4For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

    5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

    6And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.

  8. Isaiah 9:9–10Rank 8 from verse 4
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    9And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,

    10The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

  9. Jeremiah 31:17Rank 9 from verse 4
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    17And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

  10. Lamentations 3:37Rank 10 from verse 4
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    37¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

  11. Lamentations 4:21–22Rank 11 from verse 4
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    21¶ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

    22¶ The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

  12. Psalms 127:1Rank 12 from verse 4
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    1EXCEPT the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

  13. Amos 6:2Rank 13 from verse 4
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    2Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

  14. Isaiah 10:4Rank 14 from verse 4
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    4Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  15. Isaiah 34:10Rank 15 from verse 4
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    10It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

  16. James 4:13–16Rank 16 from verse 4
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    13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

    14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

    15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

    16But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

  17. Job 12:14Rank 17 from verse 4
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    14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

  18. Job 34:29Rank 18 from verse 4
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    29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

  19. Job 9:4Rank 19 from verse 4
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    4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

  20. Malachi 1:3Rank 20 from verse 4
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    3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

  21. Proverbs 21:30Rank 21 from verse 4
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    30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

  22. Psalms 137:7Rank 22 from verse 4
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    7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

  23. Matthew 12:30Rank 23 from verse 4
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    30He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.

From verse 5

  1. Deuteronomy 11:7Rank 1 from verse 5
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    7But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did.

  2. Luke 10:23–24Rank 2 from verse 5
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    23¶ And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:

    24For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

  3. Ezekiel 38:16Rank 3 from verse 5
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    16And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

  4. Psalms 35:26–27Rank 4 from verse 5
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    26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

    27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

  5. Psalms 58:10–11Rank 5 from verse 5
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    10The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

    11So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

  6. Psalms 83:17–18Rank 6 from verse 5
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    17Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

    18That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

  7. 1 Samuel 12:16Rank 7 from verse 5
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    16¶ Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.

  8. 2 Chronicles 29:8Rank 8 from verse 5
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    8Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

  9. Deuteronomy 4:3Rank 9 from verse 5
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    3Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from among you.

  10. Ezekiel 38:23Rank 10 from verse 5
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    23Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  11. Joshua 24:7Rank 11 from verse 5
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    7And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

  12. Micah 5:4Rank 12 from verse 5
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    4¶ And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

  13. Ezekiel 39:21–22Rank 13 from verse 5
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    21And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

    22So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward.

From verse 6

  1. Luke 6:46Rank 1 from verse 6
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    46¶ And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

  2. Isaiah 1:2Rank 2 from verse 6
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    2Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

  3. John 13:13–17Rank 3 from verse 6
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    13Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

    14If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.

    15For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

    16Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

    17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

  4. Exodus 20:12Rank 4 from verse 6
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    12¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  5. 1 Peter 2:17–19Rank 5 from verse 6
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    17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

    18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

    19For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

  6. 1 Peter 1:17Rank 6 from verse 6
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    17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

  7. Hosea 12:8Rank 7 from verse 6
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    8And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

  8. Malachi 3:13–14Rank 8 from verse 6
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    13¶ Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

    14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

  9. Isaiah 64:8Rank 9 from verse 6
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    8But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

  10. Proverbs 30:17Rank 10 from verse 6
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    17The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

  11. Matthew 6:9Rank 11 from verse 6
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    9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

  12. Titus 2:9–10Rank 12 from verse 6
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    9Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

    10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

  13. Ephesians 6:2Rank 13 from verse 6
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    2Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

  14. Matthew 7:21Rank 14 from verse 6
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    21¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

  15. Ezekiel 22:26Rank 15 from verse 6
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    26Her 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.

  16. Proverbs 30:11Rank 16 from verse 6
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    11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

  17. Deuteronomy 5:16Rank 17 from verse 6
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    16¶ Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

  18. Jeremiah 23:11Rank 18 from verse 6
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    11For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.

  19. Jeremiah 5:30–31Rank 19 from verse 6
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    30¶ A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

    31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

  20. Leviticus 19:3Rank 20 from verse 6
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    3¶ Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

  21. Malachi 2:14–17Rank 21 from verse 6
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    14¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

    15And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

    16For the Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

    17¶ Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

  22. 1 Samuel 2:28–30Rank 22 from verse 6
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    28And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

    29Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

    30Wherefore 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.

  23. Hosea 4:6Rank 23 from verse 6
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    6¶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

  24. Jeremiah 2:21–22Rank 24 from verse 6
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    21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

    22For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.

  25. Mark 10:19Rank 25 from verse 6
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    19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

  26. Matthew 19:19Rank 26 from verse 6
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    19Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

  27. 1 Timothy 6:1–2Rank 27 from verse 6
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    1LET as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

    2And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

  28. Luke 10:29Rank 28 from verse 6
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    29But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

  29. Malachi 2:8Rank 29 from verse 6
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    8But 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.

  30. Matthew 15:6Rank 30 from verse 6
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    6And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.

  31. Exodus 4:22–23Rank 31 from verse 6
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    22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

    23And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

  32. Jeremiah 31:9Rank 32 from verse 6
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    9They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

  33. Luke 18:20Rank 33 from verse 6
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    20Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

  34. Luke 6:36Rank 34 from verse 6
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    36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

  35. Malachi 3:7–8Rank 35 from verse 6
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    7¶ Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

    8¶ Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

  36. Mark 7:10Rank 36 from verse 6
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    10For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

  37. Matthew 6:14–15Rank 37 from verse 6
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    14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

    15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  38. Matthew 15:4Rank 38 from verse 6
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    4For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

  39. Hosea 5:1Rank 39 from verse 6
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    1HEAR ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

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DEFINED WORDS

Malachi 1:4

COMBINED MEANING

whereas

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1. Considering that. 2. While or when in fact. 3. In contrast to the fact that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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impoverished

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Made or become poor, depleted, weakened, desolated, or reduced in possessions and resources.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

return

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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

desolate

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1. Of a place or land, left empty, uninhabited, waste, ruined, barren, or without former use and fruitfulness. 2. Of a person or people, bereft, forsaken, solitary, or left without help, comfort, family, or support. 3. As a verb, to make empty, waste, ruined, or bereft.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

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places

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1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.

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hosts

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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

throw

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To cast or hurl; in 'throw down,' to bring down, demolish, or overthrow.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

call

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1. To name. 2. To summon or invite. 3. To proclaim or address. 4. To request.

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for ever

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1. Without end; for all time. 2. Continually or permanently throughout the duration in view.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Malachi 1:5

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

magnified

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of magnify, meaning to make great in esteem; to praise, exalt, or declare great.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Malachi 1:6

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

servant

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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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master

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One possessing authority, ownership, command, supervision, or superior skill: an owner, employer, household head, teacher, leader, ship commander, or lord.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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honour

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Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

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fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hosts

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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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priests

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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1:1THE burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi.

1:2I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,

1:3And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

1:4Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.

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1:5And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The Lord will be magnified from the border of Israel.

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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?

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1:7Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.

1:8And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the Lord of hosts.

1:9And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the Lord of hosts.

1:10Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.

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