20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

Quoted or echoed by 2 later passages.

• Mark 1:2 · adapted
  "As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee."
  Malachi's messenger combined with Exodus 23:20 in Mark's prologue
• Matt 11:10 · paraphrase
  "For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee."
  Malachi: I send my messenger before your face — Jesus on John

• Covenant
• Messianic Promise

• The Lord Comes to His Temple
• The Messenger Before the Lord
• Messenger of the Covenant
• Preceded by a Messenger
• Presented in the Temple

• Elijah as Forerunner

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

• 2Chr 7:1 — Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
• Acts 2:2 — And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
• Acts 19:4 — Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
• Amos 5:18 — Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
• Deut 18:18 — I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
• Exod 3:2 — And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
• Exod 23:20 — Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
• Exod 23:20 — Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
• Exod 29:43 — And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
• Ezek 21:27 — I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
• Gal 4:4 — But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
• Gen 32:3 — And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
• Hag 1:13 — Then spake Haggai the LORD’s messenger in the LORD’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
• Hag 2:7 — And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Hag 2:7 — And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Heb 1:8 — But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
• Hos 12:4 — Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
• Isa 35:4 — Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
• Isa 40:3 — The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
• Isa 40:3 — The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
• Isa 63:9 — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
• Isa 63:9 — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
• Jer 33:14 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
• Job 33:23 — If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
• John 1:6 — There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
• John 1:6 — There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
• John 1:31 — And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
• John 2:14 — And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
• John 3:28 — Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
• John 11:27 — She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
• John 13:19 — Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
• John 20:28 — And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.
• Luke 1:16 — And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
• Luke 1:16 — And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
• Luke 1:76 — And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
• Luke 1:76 — And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
• Luke 2:49 — And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?
• Luke 7:26 — But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
• Luke 7:27 — This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
• Luke 12:56 — Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?