Malachi 2:6

The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked before me directing his way in peace, and he turned many from unrighteousness.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 covenant of life and peace was with him, and I gave it him that he might reverently fear me, and that he might be awestruck at my name.

7For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:21And Enoch lived a hundred and sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah.

Genesis 6:9And these are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noah was well-pleasing to God.

Deuteronomy 33:10They shall declare thine ordinances to Jacob, 1 And thy law to Israel: 1 They shall place incense in the time of thy wrath 1 Continually upon thine altar. 1

Jeremiah 23:22But if they had stood in my counsel, and if they had hearkened to my words, then would they have turned my people from their evil practices.

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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