Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’

Cross References (39)

  • Luke 6:46 (61)

    Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?

  • Isaiah 1:2 (36)

    Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they

  • John 13:13–17 (31)

    You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.

  • Exodus 20:12 (30)

    Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

  • 1 Peter 2:17–19 (26)

    Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

  • 1 Peter 1:17 (24)

    Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay

  • Hosea 12:8 (18)

    And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no in

  • Malachi 3:13–14 (17)

    “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

  • Isaiah 64:8 (14)

    But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

  • Proverbs 30:17 (13)

    As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young

  • Titus 2:9–10 (12)

    Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

  • Matthew 6:9 (12)

    So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

  • Ephesians 6:2 (11)

    “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),

  • Matthew 7:21 (11)

    Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father

  • Proverbs 30:11 (10)

    There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

  • Malachi 2:14–17 (9)

    Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you h

  • Leviticus 19:3 (9)

    Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

  • Jeremiah 23:11 (9)

    “For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.

  • Deuteronomy 5:16 (9)

    Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may

  • Ezekiel 22:26 (9)

    Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common,

  • Jeremiah 5:30–31 (9)

    A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.

  • Hosea 4:6 (8)

    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests

  • Matthew 19:19 (8)

    honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

  • 1 Samuel 2:28–30 (8)

    And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn inc

  • Jeremiah 2:21–22 (8)

    I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild

  • Mark 10:19 (8)

    You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat

  • Matthew 15:6 (7)

    he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

  • 1 Timothy 6:1–2 (7)

    All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our t

  • Luke 10:29 (7)

    But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

  • Malachi 2:8 (7)

    But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of L

  • Matthew 6:14–15 (6)

    For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

  • Malachi 3:7–8 (6)

    Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I wil

  • Exodus 4:22–23 (6)

    Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

  • Luke 18:20 (6)

    You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your f

  • Mark 7:10 (6)

    For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

  • Jeremiah 31:9 (6)

    They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters,

  • Luke 6:36 (6)

    Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

  • Matthew 15:4 (5)

    For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

  • Hosea 5:1 (4)

    “Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because y