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Malachi 3:14–16

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Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
¶ Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
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From verse 14

  1. Isaiah 58:3Rank 1 from verse 14
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    3¶ Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

  2. Psalms 73:8–13Rank 2 from verse 14
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    8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

    9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

    10Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.

    11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

    12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

    13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

  3. Zephaniah 1:12Rank 3 from verse 14
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    12And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.

  4. Job 35:3Rank 4 from verse 14
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    3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

  5. Zechariah 7:3–6Rank 5 from verse 14
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    3And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

    4¶ Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying,

    5Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

    6And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves?

  6. Job 34:9Rank 6 from verse 14
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    9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

  7. Joel 2:12Rank 7 from verse 14
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    12¶ Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

  8. Job 22:17Rank 8 from verse 14
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    17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

  9. James 4:9Rank 9 from verse 14
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    9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

  10. Job 21:14–15Rank 10 from verse 14
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    14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

From verse 15

  1. Jeremiah 12:1–2Rank 1 from verse 15
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    1RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

    2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

  2. Job 21:7–15Rank 2 from verse 15
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    7Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

    8Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

    9Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

    10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

    11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

    12They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

    13They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

    14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

    15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

  3. Malachi 2:17Rank 3 from verse 15
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    17¶ Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

  4. Malachi 4:1Rank 4 from verse 15
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    1FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

  5. Job 22:23Rank 5 from verse 15
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    23If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

  6. Matthew 4:6–7Rank 6 from verse 15
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    6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

    7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

  7. 1 Peter 5:5Rank 7 from verse 15
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    5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

  8. Acts 12:21Rank 8 from verse 15
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    21And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.

  9. Acts 5:9Rank 9 from verse 15
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    9Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

  10. Daniel 4:30Rank 10 from verse 15
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    30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

  11. Daniel 4:37Rank 11 from verse 15
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    37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

  12. Daniel 5:20–28Rank 12 from verse 15
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    20But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:

    21And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

    22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

    23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

    24Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

    25¶ And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

    26This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

    27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

    28PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

  13. Daniel 6:16Rank 13 from verse 15
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    16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

  14. Ecclesiastes 9:1–2Rank 14 from verse 15
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    1FOR all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.

    2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

  15. Esther 5:10Rank 15 from verse 15
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    10Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

  16. Habakkuk 1:13–17Rank 16 from verse 15
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    13Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

    14And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?

    15They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

    16Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

    17Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

  17. Hebrews 3:9Rank 17 from verse 15
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    9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

  18. Jeremiah 7:10Rank 18 from verse 15
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    10And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

  19. Job 12:6Rank 19 from verse 15
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    6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

  20. Job 21:30Rank 20 from verse 15
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    30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

  21. Numbers 14:22–23Rank 21 from verse 15
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    22Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

    23Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

  22. Proverbs 12:12Rank 22 from verse 15
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    12The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

  23. Psalms 10:3Rank 23 from verse 15
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    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

  24. Psalms 106:14Rank 24 from verse 15
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    14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

  25. Psalms 49:18Rank 25 from verse 15
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    18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

  26. Psalms 73:12Rank 26 from verse 15
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    12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.

  27. Psalms 78:18Rank 27 from verse 15
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    18And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

  28. Psalms 78:41Rank 28 from verse 15
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    41Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

  29. Psalms 78:56Rank 29 from verse 15
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    56Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

  30. Psalms 95:9Rank 30 from verse 15
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    9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

  31. 1 Corinthians 10:9Rank 31 from verse 15
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    9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

From verse 16

  1. Revelation 20:12Rank 1 from verse 16
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    12And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

  2. Psalms 56:8Rank 2 from verse 16
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    8Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

  3. Malachi 4:2Rank 3 from verse 16
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    2¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

  4. Revelation 15:4Rank 4 from verse 16
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    4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

  5. Isaiah 26:3Rank 5 from verse 16
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    3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

  6. 1 Thessalonians 5:11Rank 6 from verse 16
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    11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

  7. Hebrews 10:24Rank 7 from verse 16
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    24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

  8. Hebrews 4:12–13Rank 8 from verse 16
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    12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

    13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  9. Malachi 3:5Rank 9 from verse 16
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    5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

  10. Psalms 34:15Rank 10 from verse 16
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    15The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

  11. Acts 9:31Rank 11 from verse 16
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    31Then had the churches rest throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

  12. Ezekiel 9:4Rank 12 from verse 16
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    4And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.

  13. Matthew 18:19–20Rank 13 from verse 16
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    19Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

    20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

  14. Acts 10:2Rank 14 from verse 16
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    2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

  15. Daniel 7:10Rank 15 from verse 16
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    10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

  16. Matthew 12:35–37Rank 16 from verse 16
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    35A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

    36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

    37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

  17. Acts 1:13Rank 17 from verse 16
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    13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

  18. Acts 4:23–33Rank 18 from verse 16
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    23¶ And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

    24And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

    25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

    26The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

    27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

    28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

    29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

    30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

    31¶ And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

    32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

    33And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

  19. Ephesians 5:19Rank 19 from verse 16
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    19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

  20. Esther 6:1Rank 20 from verse 16
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    1ON that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

  21. Isaiah 26:8Rank 21 from verse 16
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    8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

  22. John 12:20–22Rank 22 from verse 16
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    20¶ And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

    21The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

    22Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

  23. Esther 4:5–17Rank 23 from verse 16
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    5Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

    6So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.

    7And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

    8Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.

    9And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

    10¶ Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;

    11All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

    12And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.

    13Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.

    14For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

    15¶ Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,

    16Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

    17So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

  24. Isaiah 65:6Rank 24 from verse 16
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    6Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,

  25. Job 19:23–25Rank 25 from verse 16
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    23Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

    24That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

    25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

  26. John 1:40–47Rank 26 from verse 16
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    40One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

    41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

    42And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

    43¶ The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

    44Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

    45Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

    46And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

    47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

  27. Luke 2:38Rank 27 from verse 16
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    38And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

  28. Psalms 73:15–17Rank 28 from verse 16
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    15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

    16When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;

    17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

  29. 1 Kings 18:12Rank 29 from verse 16
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    12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.

  30. 1 Samuel 23:16–18Rank 30 from verse 16
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    16¶ And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

    17And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

    18And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.

  31. 2 Chronicles 6:7Rank 31 from verse 16
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    7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

  32. 2 Samuel 7:1Rank 32 from verse 16
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    1AND it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;

  33. Acts 2:1Rank 33 from verse 16
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    1AND when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

  34. Daniel 2:17–18Rank 34 from verse 16
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    17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

    18That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

  35. Deuteronomy 6:6–8Rank 35 from verse 16
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    6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

    7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

    8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

  36. Esther 2:23Rank 36 from verse 16
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    23And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

  37. Isaiah 50:10Rank 37 from verse 16
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    10¶ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

  38. Job 28:28Rank 38 from verse 16
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    28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

  39. Luke 24:14–31Rank 39 from verse 16
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    14And they talked together of all these things which had happened.

    15And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

    16But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.

    17And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

    18And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?

    19And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:

    20And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

    21But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

    22Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

    23And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

    24And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

    25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

    26Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

    27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

    28And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further.

    29But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.

    30And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

    31And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.

  40. Proverbs 13:20Rank 40 from verse 16
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    20He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  41. Psalms 10:4Rank 41 from verse 16
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    4The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

  42. Psalms 111:10–1Rank 42 from verse 16
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  43. Psalms 119:63Rank 43 from verse 16
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    63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

  44. Psalms 139:4Rank 44 from verse 16
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    4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

  45. Psalms 147:11Rank 45 from verse 16
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    11The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

  46. Psalms 16:3Rank 46 from verse 16
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    3But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

  47. Psalms 20:7Rank 47 from verse 16
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    7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

  48. Psalms 33:18Rank 48 from verse 16
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    18Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

  49. Psalms 66:16Rank 49 from verse 16
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    16Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

  50. Psalms 94:19Rank 50 from verse 16
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    19In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

  51. 1 Kings 18:3Rank 51 from verse 16
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    3And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:

  52. 1 Thessalonians 5:14Rank 52 from verse 16
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    14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.

  53. Genesis 22:12Rank 53 from verse 16
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    12And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

  54. Hebrews 12:15Rank 54 from verse 16
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    15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

  55. Hebrews 3:13Rank 55 from verse 16
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    13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

  56. Psalms 104:33Rank 56 from verse 16
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    33I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

Definitions

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DEFINED WORDS

Malachi 3:14

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

vain

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Empty, fruitless, ineffective, unprofitable, worthless, false, unsubstantial, or conceited.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

serve

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To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

profit

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Sense 1: Benefit or advantage. Sense 2: To benefit, improve, or advance.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ordinance

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Sense 1: A rule, command, decree, statute, or authoritative appointment. Sense 2: A prescribed observance, rite, practice, or arrangement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hosts

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1. Armies or multitudes. 2. Persons who receive or entertain guests.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Malachi 3:15

COMBINED MEANING

call

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1. To name. 2. To summon or invite. 3. To proclaim or address. 4. To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

tempt

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Sense 1: To try, test, put to the test. Sense 2: To entice toward evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

delivered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of deliver. Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Malachi 3:16

COMBINED MEANING

spake

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The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hearkened

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1. Listened attentively or gave heed. 2. Gave regard, consented, or acted in response.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

remembrance

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1. The act or state of remembering; recollection or mindful regard; the continued memory or notice of someone or something. 2. Something that brings or keeps someone or something to mind; a memorial or reminder.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

written

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Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thought

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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of think: considered, supposed, intended, purposed, judged, reckoned, or called to mind. Sense 2: A thought, intention, purpose, judgment, or matter of the mind or heart. Sense 3: In the phrase ‘take thought,’ anxious care or concern.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

rememberance

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1. The act or state of remembering; recollection or mindful regard; the continued memory or notice of someone or something. 2. Something that brings or keeps someone or something to mind; a memorial or reminder.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3:13¶ Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

3:14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?

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3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

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3:16¶ Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

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3:17And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

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