Malachi 2:6

The deliverance of truth, was in his mouth, and, perverseness, was not found in his lips,— In well-doing and in uprightness, walked he with me, and, multitudes, did he turn from iniquity.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, was with him, Life and Well-being, so I gave them to him—[I] as One to be revered— and he did revere me,— and, before my Name, dismayed, was he.

7For, the lips of a priest, should keep knowledge, and, a deliverance, should men seek at his mouth,— for, the messenger of Yahweh of hosts, he is.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:21And Enoch lived sixty-five years,—and begat Methuselah;

Genesis 6:9These, are the generations of Noah, Noah, was, a righteous man blameless, in his generations,—with God, did Noah walk.

Deuteronomy 33:10May teach thy regulations unto Jacob, And thy law unto Israel,—May put incense in thy nostrils, And a whole-offering upon thine altar.

Psalms 37:30The mouth of a righteous man, softly uttereth wisdom, and, his tongue, speaketh justice:

Jeremiah 23:22But if they had stood in my council, Then might they have announced my words unto my people, And have turned them from their wicked way and from the wickedness of their doings.

Daniel 12:3and, they who make wise, shall shine like the shining of the expanse,—and, they who bring the many to righteousness, like the stars to times age-abiding and beyond.

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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