Malachi 3:16

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Malachi 3:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

15 So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

16 At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

17 “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

18 So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

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Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 4:2

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

Genesis 22:12

“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

1 Kings 18:3

and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,

1 Kings 18:12

I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

Job 28:28

And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Psalms 33:18

Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion

Psalms 111:10

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!

Psalms 112:1

Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

Psalms 147:11

The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.

Acts 9:31

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 10:2

He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

Revelation 15:4

Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

Deuteronomy 6:6

These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.

Deuteronomy 6:7

And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 6:8

Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

1 Samuel 23:16

And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

1 Samuel 23:17

saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”

1 Samuel 23:18

So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

Esther 4:5

Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.

Esther 4:6

So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,

Esther 4:7

and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.

Esther 4:8

Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.

Esther 4:9

So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.

Esther 4:10

Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,

Esther 4:11

“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”

Esther 4:12

When Esther’s words were relayed to Mordecai,

Esther 4:13

he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.

Esther 4:14

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

Esther 4:15

Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

Esther 4:16

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

Esther 4:17

So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.

Psalms 16:3

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.

Psalms 66:16

Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.

Psalms 73:15

If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.

Psalms 73:16

When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight

Psalms 73:17

until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.

Psalms 119:63

I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Ezekiel 9:4

“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”

Daniel 2:17

Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

Daniel 2:18

urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Luke 2:38

Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Luke 24:14

They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.

Luke 24:15

And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them.

Luke 24:16

But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.

Luke 24:17

He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.

Luke 24:18

One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?”

Luke 24:19

“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.

Luke 24:20

Our chief priests and rulers delivered Him up to the sentence of death, and they crucified Him.

Luke 24:21

But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.

Luke 24:22

Furthermore, some of our women astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,

Luke 24:23

but they did not find His body. They came and told us they had seen a vision of angels, who said that Jesus was alive.

Luke 24:24

Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”

Luke 24:25

Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Luke 24:26

Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”

Luke 24:27

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

Luke 24:28

As they approached the village where they were headed, He seemed to be going farther.

Luke 24:29

But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.

Luke 24:30

While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.

Luke 24:31

Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.

John 1:40

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.

John 1:41

He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).

John 1:42

Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).

John 1:43

The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”

John 1:44

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.

John 1:45

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

John 1:46

“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.

John 1:47

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

John 12:20

Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.

John 12:21

They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

John 12:22

Philip relayed this appeal to Andrew, and both of them went and told Jesus.

Acts 1:13

When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

Acts 2:1

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

Acts 4:23

On their release, Peter and John returned to their own people and reported everything that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

Acts 4:24

When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.

Acts 4:25

You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Acts 4:26

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’

Acts 4:27

In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

Acts 4:28

They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.

Acts 4:29

And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,

Acts 4:30

as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”

Ephesians 5:19

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

Hebrews 3:13

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

Hebrews 10:24

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

Hebrews 12:15

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

2 Samuel 7:1

After the king had settled into his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,

2 Chronicles 6:7

Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Psalms 139:4

Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

Matthew 18:19

Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

Matthew 18:20

For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

Acts 4:31

After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

Acts 4:32

The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.

Acts 4:33

With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.

Esther 2:23

After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.

Esther 6:1

That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

Job 19:23

I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,

Job 19:24

by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.

Job 19:25

But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

Psalms 56:8

You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?

Isaiah 65:6

Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,

Daniel 7:10

A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.

Matthew 12:35

The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

Matthew 12:36

But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

Matthew 12:37

For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

Psalms 10:4

In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

Psalms 20:7

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalms 94:19

When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.

Psalms 104:33

I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

Isaiah 26:3

You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.

Isaiah 26:8

Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrews 4:13

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.