Malachi 3:5
I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says the LORD of Armies.
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In Context
6“For I, the LORD, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed.
Cross References
Genesis 42:18Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
Exodus 18:21Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus 22:20“He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.
Leviticus 19:13“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
Leviticus 20:10“‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 5:11“You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who misuses his name.
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 →