Malachi 2:9

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““So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.””

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BSBPD

““So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Malachi 2:9 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 1:17Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
  2. 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
  3. 1 Kings 22:28But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
  4. Job 32:21I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
  5. Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
  6. Proverbs 12:8A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.
  7. Jeremiah 28:15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
  8. Jeremiah 29:20So hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon.
  9. Jeremiah 29:31“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
  10. Ezekiel 13:12Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’
  11. Ezekiel 13:21I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  12. Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
  13. Micah 3:6Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.
  14. Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
  15. Malachi 2:3Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it.
  16. Malachi 2:8But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  17. Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
  18. Matthew 5:27You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
  19. Matthew 5:33Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
  20. Matthew 5:43You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
  21. Matthew 19:17“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
  22. Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
  23. Mark 7:8You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”
  24. Luke 10:29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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