Malachi 2:8
But ye are indeed departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of the Levite, saith the Lord of hosts.
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Leviticus 21:15So that he may not profane his seed among his people; for I, the Lord, do sanctify him.
1 Samuel 2:24No, my sons; for the report that I hear is not good, which the Lord's people spread abroad.
2 Kings 16:11And Uriyah the priest built the altar; in accordance with all that king Achaz had sent from Damascus, so did Uriyah the priest make it against the arrival of king Achaz from Damascus.
Psalms 18:21(18:22) For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Proverbs 12:8In accordance with his intelligence is a man praised; but he that is perverse of heart will come to be despised.
Isaiah 30:11Depart you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, remove from before us the Holy One of Israel.
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 →