Cross references
Malachi 3:7
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts.
“But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
Malachi 3:7 has 34 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 27 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Zechariah 1:3 (18 votes) and Romans 10:21 (12 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 16 other books, from Leviticus 26 to James 4.
Which verses does Malachi 3:7 point to?
The 20 strongest of 34, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Zechariah 1:318 votes
So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’
- Romans 10:2112 votes
But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
- James 4:811 votes
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- Deuteronomy 31:2010 votes
When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.
- Romans 10:310 votes
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
- Leviticus 26:40–427 votes
But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me— and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity, …
- Nehemiah 9:28–307 votes
But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion. You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey. …
- Isaiah 55:6–77 votes
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
- Jeremiah 3:12–147 votes
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD. …
- Hosea 14:17 votes
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
- Deuteronomy 4:29–316 votes
- Jeremiah 3:226 votes
- Luke 15:166 votes
- Deuteronomy 9:7–215 votes
- Deuteronomy 30:1–45 votes
- Nehemiah 9:265 votes
- Psalm 78:8–105 votes
- Isaiah 65:25 votes
- Ezekiel 18:30–325 votes
- Ezekiel 20:85 votes
Which verses point to Malachi 3:7?
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