Malachi 3:5

I will come and put you on trial. I am ready to be a witness against those who: practice witchcraft commit adultery tell lies give false evidence cheat employees oppress widows and orphans abuse foreigners and do not respect me, says the Lord Almighty.

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In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

4Then the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will please the Lord as they did in the old days, in the former years.

6For I am the Lord, I don't change, and you haven't stopped being descendants of Jacob.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:18On the third day he told them, “Since I'm someone who respects God, do as I tell you and you'll live.

Exodus 18:21But now you should choose men who are competent from among the people, men who respect God and who are trustworthy and not corrupt. Put them in charge of the people as leaders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Exodus 22:20Anyone who sacrifices to any other god than the Lord must be set apart and executed.

Leviticus 19:13Don't cheat others or rob them. Don't refuse to pay wages due to workers until the morning.

Leviticus 20:10Any man who commits adultery with someone else's wife must be executed, as well as the woman.

Deuteronomy 5:11You must not use the name of the Lord your God in a wrong way, for the Lord will not forgive anyone who uses his name in a wrong way.

Matthew Henry on Malachi 3:2-7

Evangelical Predictions; The Advent of Christ Predicted. ( b. c. 400.) 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he… Read the whole commentary →

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