Malachi 3:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

16At 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.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—

Job 1:22In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

Psalms 49:18Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—

Psalms 73:12Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:14-18

Wicked Conversation Reproved; Evil Maxims of Sinners; Pious Converse Commended; Promises to the Godly. ( b. c. 400.) 13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord . Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? 14 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? 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. 16 Then… Read the whole commentary →

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