Malachi 3:14

American Standard Version 2015

Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

Cross References

Isaiah 58:3

Wherefore have we fasted, {\i say they}, and thou seest not? {\i wherefore} have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find {\i your own} pleasure, and exact all your labors.

Zephaniah 1:12

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.

Job 35:3

That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee?\par\tab {\i And}, What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?

Joel 2:12

Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

Job 34:9

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing\par\tab That he should delight himself with God.\par

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Job 22:17

Who said unto God, Depart from us;\par\tab And, What can the Almighty do for us?

Isaiah 43:22

Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

Jeremiah 2:25

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.\par

Jeremiah 18:12

But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.\par

Hosea 7:16

They return, but not to {\i him that is} on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.\par

Malachi 3:13

Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?

Jeremiah 44:18

But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.