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?’
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?
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the Lord of Armies to you priests who despise my name. “You say, ‘How have we despised your name?’
A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- son
- Exodus 20:12; Leviticus 19:3; Deuteronomy 5:16; Proverbs 30:11, 17; Matthew 15:4, 6; Matthew 19:19; Mark 7:10; Mark 10:19; Luke 18:20; Ephesians 6:2
- a servant
- 1 Timothy 6:1, 2; Titus 2:9, 10; 1 Peter 2:17–19
- if then
- From this verse to ch. 2:9, the prophet reproves the priests and people for sacrificing the refuse of beasts; and denounces punishment against the former for not teaching the people their duty in this respect.
- Exodus 4:22, 23; Isaiah 1:2; Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 31:9; Matthew 6:9, 14, 15; Luke 6:36, 46; 1 Peter 1:17
- and if
- Matthew 7:21; Luke 6:46; John 13:13–17
- O priests
- Malachi 2:8; 1 Samuel 2:28–30; Jeremiah 5:30, 31; Jeremiah 23:11; Ezekiel 22:26; Hosea 4:6; Hosea 5:1
- And ye
- Malachi 2:14–17; Malachi 3:7, 8, 13, 14; Jeremiah 2:21, 22; Hosea 12:8; Luke 10:29