Malachi key verses

Malachi 1:2 “I have loved you, says the LORD. But you say, ’How have you loved us?’”

God’s covenant love, met with cynicism

Malachi 2:16 “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her... covers his garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts.”

God’s hatred of treacherous divorce

Malachi 3:1 “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me... the messenger of the covenant.”

The forerunner and the coming Lord

Malachi 3:6 “For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.”

God’s unchanging faithfulness

Malachi 3:10 “Bring the full tithe into the storehouse... and thereby put me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you.”

The call to faithful giving

Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings.”

The dawning of salvation in Christ

Malachi 4:5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.”

The promise of the coming forerunner