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Malachi 2:6

The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

KJV

Lex veritatis fuit in ore ejus, et iniquitas non est inventa in labiis ejus : in pace et in æquitate ambulavit mecum, et multos avertit ab iniquitate.

Vulgate

νόμος ἀληθείας ἦν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀδικία οὐχ εὑρέθη ἐν χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ· ἐν εἰρήνῃ κατευθύνων ἐπορεύθη μετ’ ἐμοῦ, καὶ πολλοὺς ἐπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ ἀδικίας.

LXX

The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

ASV

תּוֹרַ֤ת אֱמֶת֙ הָיְתָ֣ה בְּ/פִ֔י/הוּ וְ/עַוְלָ֖ה לֹא נִמְצָ֣א בִ/שְׂפָתָ֑י/ו בְּ/שָׁל֤וֹם וּ/בְ/מִישׁוֹר֙ הָלַ֣ךְ אִתִּ֔/י וְ/רַבִּ֖ים הֵשִׁ֥יב מֵ/עָוֺֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
י
y
noun · 496×
י
y
noun · 177×
י
y
noun · 221×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
noun · 230×
מִּישֹׁ֖ר
myshr
noun · 23×
עַוְלָֽה
'vlh
noun · 52×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×

Themes

Covenant

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§217God is also truthful when he reveals himself - the teaching that comes from God is "true instruction".35 When he sends his Son into the world it will be "to bear witness to the truth":36 "We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to know him who is true."37 God is Love

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 1:9 — For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
  • 2John 1:4 — I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
  • 2Tim 2:15 — Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
  • Acts 26:18 — To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith t
  • Dan 12:3 — And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
  • Deut 33:10 — They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
  • Ezek 44:23 — And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
  • Ezek 44:23 — And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
  • Gen 5:21 — And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
  • Gen 5:22 — And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
  • Gen 6:9 — These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
  • Gen 17:1 — And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
  • Hos 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will
  • Isa 33:15 — He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shuttet
  • Jas 5:19 — Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
  • Jer 23:22 — But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
  • Luke 1:6 — And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
  • Luke 1:16 — And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
  • Luke 20:21 — And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
  • Mark 12:14 — And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to g
  • Matt 22:16 — And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not
  • Prov 3:3 — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
  • Prov 5:2 — That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
  • Prov 31:26 — She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
  • Ps 37:30 — The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
  • Ps 86:11 — Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
  • Rev 14:5 — And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
  • Titus 1:7 — For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;