Cross references

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?”

By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Malachi 2:17 BSB

Malachi 2:17 has 27 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 43:24 (8 votes) and 2 Peter 3:3–4 (5 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 14 other books, from Deuteronomy 32 to 2 Peter 3.

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Which verses does Malachi 2:17 point to?

The 20 strongest of 27, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

  2. Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

  3. When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

  4. Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes, to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!” …

  5. Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.

  6. And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’

  7. Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.

  8. Job 34:173 votes

    Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

  9. Job 36:173 votes

    But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.

  10. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. …

  11. Amos 2:133 votes

Which verses point to Malachi 2:17?

The 10 strongest of 22.