Cross references

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 3:1 BSB
  1. a Cited in Matthew 11:10, Mark 1:2, and Luke 7:27

Malachi 3:1 has 33 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Malachi 4:5 (20 votes) and Luke 1:76 (18 votes). 76 other verses point back to it. It links with 26 other books, from Genesis 16 to Revelation 7.

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Which verses does Malachi 3:1 point to?

The 20 strongest of 33, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Malachi 4:520 votes

    Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

  2. Luke 1:7618 votes

    And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

  3. Mark 1:2–315 votes

    As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.” “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

  4. Isaiah 63:911 votes

    In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

  5. This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’ Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

  6. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’ …

  7. For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.

  8. Acts 19:48 votes

    Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

  9. A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain. …

  10. There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

  11. Isaiah 9:62 votes
  12. Luke 19:472 votes

Which verses point to Malachi 3:1?

The 10 strongest of 76.