Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

Cross References (23)

  • 2 Timothy 2:24–25 (13)

    And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.

  • Leviticus 10:11 (10)

    so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”

  • Deuteronomy 21:5 (7)

    And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce

  • 2 Corinthians 5:20 (6)

    Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Ch

  • Acts 16:17 (5)

    This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming

  • John 20:21 (5)

    Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

  • Ezra 7:10 (5)

    For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Isr

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:8 (5)

    Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

  • John 13:20 (5)

    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent

  • Nehemiah 8:2–8 (4)

    On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who

  • 2 Chronicles 30:22 (4)

    And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned

  • Isaiah 44:26 (3)

    who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be

  • Haggai 1:13 (3)

    Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD.

  • Malachi 3:1 (3)

    “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to

  • Jeremiah 15:19 (3)

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you spea

  • Jeremiah 18:18 (3)

    Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to

  • 2 Chronicles 17:8–9 (3)

    accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and To

  • Haggai 2:11–13 (3)

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.

  • Deuteronomy 17:8–11 (3)

    If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits,

  • Deuteronomy 24:8 (3)

    In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be

  • Galatians 4:14 (2)

    And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an a

  • Isaiah 42:19 (2)

    Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind li

  • Numbers 27:21 (1)

    He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At