Minor Prophets in the New Testament NEW TESTAMENT MINOR PASSAGES COMPARED PROPHETS MATTHEW 2:6 Micah 5:2 "'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'" (Mat 2:6 NIV) "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times." (Mic 5:2 NIV) MATTHEW 2:15 Hosea 11:1 where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son." (Mat 2:15 NIV) "When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. (Hos 11:1 NIV) MATTHEW 9:13 Hosea 6:7 But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." (Mat 9:13 NIV) Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? (Mic 6:7 NIV) MATTHEW 10:35-36 Micah 7:6 For I have come to turn "'a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law--a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.' (Mat 10:35-36 NIV) For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law-- a man's enemies are the members of his own household. (Mic 7:6 NIV) MATTHEW 11:10 Micah 3:1-2 This is the one about whom it is written: "'I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' (Mat 11:10 NIV) Then I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice, you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones; (Mic 3:1-2 NIV) MATTHEW 21:5 Zechariah 9:9 "Say to Daughter Zion, 'See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'" (Mat 21:5 NIV) Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. (Zec 9:9 NIV)
MATTHEW 26:31 Zechariah 13:7 Then Jesus told them, "This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: "'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' (Mat 26:31 NIV) "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!" declares the LORD Almighty. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones. (Zec 13:7 NIV) MATTHEW 27:9 Zechariah 11:12 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, and they used them to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me." (Mat 27:9-10 NIV) I told them, "If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. (Zec 11:12 NIV) LUKE 1:17 Malachi 4:6 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous--to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." (Luk 1:17 NIV) He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction." (Mal 4:6 NIV) LUKE 23:30 Hosea 10:8 Then "'they will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!"' (Luk 23:30 NIV) The high places of wickedness1 will be destroyed--it is the sin of Israel. Thorns and thistles will grow up and cover their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, "Cover us!" and to the hills, "Fall on us!" (Hos 10:8 NIV) JOHHN 19:37 Zechariah 12:10 These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken," and, as another scripture says, "They will look on the one they have pierced." (Joh 19:36-37 NIV) "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son. (Zec 12:10 NIV) ACTS 2:17-20 Joel 2:28-32 "'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the
coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. (Act 2:17-20 NIV) "And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, even among the survivors whom the LORD calls. (Joe 2:28-32 NIV) ACTS 7:42-43 Amos 5:25-27 But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets: "'Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel? You have taken up the tabernacle of Molek and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile'1 beyond Babylon. (Act 7:42-43 NIV) "Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel? You have lifted up the shrine of your king, the pedestal of your idols, the star of your god1-- which you made for yourselves. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is God Almighty. (Amo 5:25-27 NIV) ACTS 13:41 Habakkuk 1:5 "'Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish, for I am going to do something in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.'" (Act 13:41 NIV) "Look at the nations and watch-- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. (Hab 1:5 NIV) ACTS 15:16-18 Amos 9:11-12 "'After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things'--things known from long ago. (Act 15:16-18 NIV) "In that day "I will restore David's fallen shelter--i will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins--and will rebuild it as it used to be, so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name,1" declares the LORD, who will do these things. (Amo 9:11-12 NIV)
ROMANS 1:17 HABAKKUK 2:3-4 FOR IN THE GOSPEL THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS REVEALED-- A RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT IS BY FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST,1 JUST AS IT IS WRITTEN: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (ROM 1:17 NIV) FOR THE REVELATION AWAITS AN APPOINTED TIME; IT SPEAKS OF THE END AND WILL NOT PROVE FALSE. THOUGH IT LINGER, WAIT FOR IT; IT1 WILL CERTAINLY COME AND WILL NOT DELAY. "SEE, THE ENEMY IS PUFFED UP; HIS DESIRES ARE NOT UPRIGHT-- BUT THE RIGHTEOUS PERSON WILL LIVE BY HIS FAITHFULNESS-- (HAB 2:3-4 NIV) ROMANS 9:13 Malachi 1:2-3 Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." (Rom 9:13 NIV) "I have loved you," says the LORD. "But you ask, 'How have you loved us?'"was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD. "Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals." (Mal 1:2-3 NIV) ROMANS 9:25-26 Hosea 2:23 As he says in Hosea: "I will call them 'my people' who are not my people; and I will call her 'my loved one' who is not my loved one," and, "In the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'children of the living God.'" (Rom 9:25-26 NIV) I will plant her for myself in the land; I will show my love to the one I called 'Not my loved one. 'I will say to those called 'Not my people, ' 'You are my people'; and they will say, 'You are my God. '" (Hos 2:23 NIV) 1 CORINTHIANS 15:55 2 CORINTHIANS 6:16 Hosea 13:14 Zechariah 8:7-8 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" (1Co 15:55 NIV) "I will deliver this people from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O grave, is your destruction? "I will have no compassion, (Hos 13:14 NIV) What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people." (2Co 6:16 NIV) This is what the LORD Almighty says: "I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west. I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God." (Zec 8:7-8 NIV) EPHESIANS 4:25-26 Zechariah 8:16 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. "In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, (Eph 4:25-26 NIV) These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts;
do not plot evil against each other, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this," declares the LORD. (Zec 8:16-17 NIV) HEBREWS 12:26 Haggai 2:7 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens." (Heb 12:26 NIV) I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, ' says the LORD Almighty. (Hag 2:7 NIV) JUDE 9 Zechariah 3:2-3 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" (Jud 1:9 NIV) The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?" Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. (Zec 3:2-3 NIV)