Malachi 2:6

True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace and righteousness, turning numbers of people away from evil-doing.

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In The King James Version

The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

In Context

5My agreement with him was on my side life and peace, and I gave them to him; on his side fear, and he had fear of me and gave honour to my name.

7For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:21And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:

Genesis 6:9These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.

Deuteronomy 33:10They will be the teachers of your decisions to Jacob and of your law to Israel: the burning of perfumes before you will be their right, and the ordering of burned offerings on your altar.

Psalms 37:30The mouth of the good man says words of wisdom; the talk of his tongue is of righteousness.

Jeremiah 23:22But if they had been in my secret, then they would have made my people give ear to my words, turning them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

Daniel 12:3And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 2:2-10

The Office of the Priesthood; Charge against the Priests; The Priests Censured and Threatened. ( b. c. 400.) 1 And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts;… Read the whole commentary →

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