Cross references

Malachi 4:6

And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

Malachi 4:6 BSB
  1. a Cited in Luke 1:17

Malachi 4:6 has 27 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 27 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 1:16–17 (47 votes) and Isaiah 11:4 (17 votes). 24 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Deuteronomy 28 to Revelation 22.

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Which verses does Malachi 4:6 point to?

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

  1. Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God. And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

  2. Isaiah 11:417 votes

    but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

  3. If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. …

  4. All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.

  5. And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. …

  6. because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven …

  7. You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.

  8. Luke 1:768 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,

  9. He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.

  10. to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,

Which verses point to Malachi 4:6?

The 10 strongest of 24.