Malachi 3
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1Behold, 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.
Malachi 3:1
2But 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:
Malachi 3:2
3And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Malachi 3:3
4Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Malachi 3:4
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.
Malachi 3:5
6For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Malachi 3:6
7Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
Malachi 3:7
8Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Malachi 3:8
9Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
Malachi 3:9
10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Malachi 3:10
11And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 3:11
12And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 3:12
13Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
Malachi 3:13
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?
Malachi 3:14
15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Malachi 3:15
16Then 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.
Malachi 3:16
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.
Malachi 3:17
18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Malachi 3:18
Chapter 3
Cross References
Malachi 3:1
Malachi 4:5¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and...Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go b...Mark 1:2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, w...Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved th...Acts 19:4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto...
Malachi 3:2
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver...Isaiah 4:4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and sha...1 Corinthians 3:13Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because i...Revelation 6:17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?1 Peter 2:7Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedi...
Malachi 3:3
Isaiah 1:25¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take a...Proverbs 17:3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the...Hebrews 12:10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for...Daniel 12:10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wicke...Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver...
Malachi 3:4
2 Chronicles 7:1Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and...Ezekiel 43:26Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate t...Zechariah 8:3Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jer...Isaiah 56:7Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of...2 Chronicles 8:12¶ Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, w...
Malachi 3:5
James 5:8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nig...Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adult...Deuteronomy 5:11Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not...Malachi 2:14¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the...James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of...
Malachi 3:6
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should rep...Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the F...Lamentations 3:22¶ It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions...Jeremiah 32:27Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
Malachi 3:7
Zechariah 1:3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, sai...Romans 10:21But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a diso...Romans 10:3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish the...Deuteronomy 31:20For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their father...James 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;...
Malachi 3:8
Proverbs 3:9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increa...Matthew 22:21They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them,Render therefore unto Cæsar...Mark 12:17And Jesus answering said unto them,Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s,...Psalms 29:2Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty o...Numbers 18:21And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an in...
Malachi 3:9
Deuteronomy 28:15¶ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD...Haggai 2:14Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before...Haggai 1:6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink...Malachi 2:2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my n...Joshua 22:20Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrat...
Malachi 3:10
2 Corinthians 9:6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he whic...Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these thing...Proverbs 3:9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increa...Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou...Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unt...
Malachi 3:11
Deuteronomy 11:14That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and...Joel 2:22Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spr...Amos 7:1Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in th...Zechariah 8:12For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground...Joel 2:20But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a...
Malachi 3:12
Zechariah 8:23Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men...Isaiah 61:9And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the...Isaiah 62:4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed...Jeremiah 33:9¶ And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nat...Deuteronomy 4:6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in th...
Cross References
Malachi 3:1
Malachi 4:5¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and...Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go b...Mark 1:2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, w...Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved th...Acts 19:4Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto...
Malachi 3:2
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver...Isaiah 4:4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and sha...1 Corinthians 3:13Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because i...Revelation 6:17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?1 Peter 2:7Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedi...
Malachi 3:3
Isaiah 1:25¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take a...Proverbs 17:3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the...Hebrews 12:10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for...Daniel 12:10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wicke...Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver...
Malachi 3:4
2 Chronicles 7:1Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and...Ezekiel 43:26Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate t...Zechariah 8:3Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jer...Isaiah 56:7Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of...2 Chronicles 8:12¶ Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, w...
Malachi 3:5
James 5:8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nig...Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adult...Deuteronomy 5:11Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not...Malachi 2:14¶ Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the...James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of...
Malachi 3:6
Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should rep...Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the F...Lamentations 3:22¶ It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions...Jeremiah 32:27Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
Malachi 3:7
Zechariah 1:3Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, sai...Romans 10:21But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a diso...Romans 10:3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish the...Deuteronomy 31:20For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their father...James 4:8Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;...
Malachi 3:8
Proverbs 3:9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increa...Matthew 22:21They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them,Render therefore unto Cæsar...Mark 12:17And Jesus answering said unto them,Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s,...Psalms 29:2Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty o...Numbers 18:21And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an in...
Malachi 3:9
Deuteronomy 28:15¶ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD...Haggai 2:14Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before...Haggai 1:6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink...Malachi 2:2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my n...Joshua 22:20Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrat...
Malachi 3:10
2 Corinthians 9:6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he whic...Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these thing...Proverbs 3:9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increa...Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou...Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unt...
Malachi 3:11
Deuteronomy 11:14That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and...Joel 2:22Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spr...Amos 7:1Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in th...Zechariah 8:12For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground...Joel 2:20But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a...
Malachi 3:12
Zechariah 8:23Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men...Isaiah 61:9And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the...Isaiah 62:4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed...Jeremiah 33:9¶ And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nat...Deuteronomy 4:6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in th...