Malachi 4:4

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Malachi 4:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

3 Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

4 “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

6 And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

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Exodus 20:3

You shall have no other gods before Me.

Exodus 20:4

You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

Exodus 20:5

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Exodus 20:6

but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Exodus 20:7

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

Exodus 20:8

Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

Exodus 20:9

Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

Exodus 20:10

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Exodus 20:12

Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Exodus 20:13

You shall not murder.

Exodus 20:14

You shall not commit adultery.

Exodus 20:15

You shall not steal.

Exodus 20:16

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 20:17

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Exodus 20:18

When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

Exodus 20:19

“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

Exodus 20:20

“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”

Exodus 20:21

And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

Deuteronomy 4:5

See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

Deuteronomy 4:6

Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

Psalms 147:19

He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.

Psalms 147:20

He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!

Isaiah 8:20

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

Isaiah 42:21

The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

Matthew 5:17

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

Matthew 5:18

For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

Matthew 5:19

So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:20

For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:16

Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?”

Matthew 19:17

“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”

Matthew 19:18

“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,

Matthew 19:19

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Matthew 19:20

“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”

Matthew 19:21

Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Matthew 19:22

When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.

Matthew 22:36

“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

Matthew 22:37

Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

Matthew 22:38

This is the first and greatest commandment.

Matthew 22:39

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 22:40

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Mark 12:28

Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

Mark 12:29

Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

Mark 12:30

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

Mark 12:31

The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

Mark 12:32

“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,

Mark 12:33

and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, which is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Mark 12:34

When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.

Luke 10:25

One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 10:26

“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”

Luke 10:27

He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Luke 10:28

“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”

Luke 16:29

But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

Luke 16:30

‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

Luke 16:31

Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

John 5:39

You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

John 5:40

yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

John 5:41

I do not accept glory from men,

John 5:42

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

John 5:43

I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

John 5:44

How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

John 5:45

Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

John 5:46

If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

John 5:47

But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

Romans 3:31

Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.

Romans 13:1

Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.

Romans 13:2

Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.

Romans 13:3

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.

Romans 13:4

For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.

Romans 13:5

Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.

Romans 13:6

This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.

Romans 13:7

Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Romans 13:8

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:9

The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Romans 13:10

Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

Galatians 5:13

For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

Galatians 5:14

The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Galatians 5:24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Galatians 5:25

Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.

James 2:9

But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

James 2:10

Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

James 2:11

For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.

James 2:12

Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.

James 2:13

For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Deuteronomy 4:10

The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”

Exodus 21:1

“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:

Exodus 21:2

If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.

Exodus 21:3

If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.

Exodus 21:4

If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.

Exodus 21:5

But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’

Exodus 21:6

then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.

Exodus 21:7

And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.

Exodus 21:8

If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.

Exodus 21:9

And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.

Exodus 21:10

If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.

Exodus 21:11

If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.

Exodus 21:12

Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.

Exodus 21:13

If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.

Exodus 21:14

But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

Exodus 21:15

Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Exodus 21:16

Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

Exodus 21:17

Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Exodus 21:18

If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

Exodus 21:19

then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.

Exodus 21:20

If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.

Exodus 21:21

However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.

Exodus 21:22

If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

Exodus 21:23

But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—

Leviticus 1:1

Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,

Leviticus 1:2

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.

Leviticus 1:3

If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.

Leviticus 1:4

He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 1:5

And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 1:6

Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

Leviticus 1:7

The sons of Aaron the priest shall put a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.