Malachi 3:16

Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbor: and the Lord gave heed, and listened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15And now we pronounce strangers blessed; and all they who act unlawfully are built up; and they have resisted God, and yet have been delivered.

17And they shall be + 3:17 Gr. for me. mine, says the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:12And he said, Lay not your hand upon the child, neither do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, and for my sake you have not spared your beloved son.

1 Samuel 23:16And Jonathan son of Saul rose, and went to David to Caene, and strengthened his hands in the Lord.

1 Kings 18:3And Achaab called Abdiu the steward. Now Abdiu feared the Lord greatly.

2 Chronicles 6:7And it came into the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

Esther 2:23And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them: and the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal + 2:23 Gr. library. records of the good offices of Mardochaeus, as a commendation.

Esther 6:1But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the + 6:1 Gr. letters. books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.

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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