Malachi 3:14

Catholic Public Domain Version

And you have said, "What have we spoken against you?" You have said, "He labors in vain who serves God," and, "What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?

Cross References

Job 22:17

They said to God, "Withdraw from us," and they treated the Almighty as if he could do nothing,

Job 34:9

For he has said, "Man will not please God, even if he should travel with him."

Job 35:3

For you said, "Having done what is right does not please you," and, "How will it benefit you, if I sin?"

Isaiah 43:22

But you have not called upon me, O Jacob, nor have you struggled for me, O Israel.

Isaiah 58:3

"Why have we fasted, and you have not taken notice? Why have we humbled our souls, and you have not acknowledged it?" Behold, in the day of your fasting, your own will is found, and you petition for payment from all your debtors.

Jeremiah 18:12

And they said: "We have lost hope. And so we will follow our own thoughts, and each of us will act according to the depravity of his own evil heart."

Jeremiah 2:25

You should keep your foot from being naked, and your throat from being thirsty. But you have said: 'I have lost hope. I will not do it. For certainly, I have loved strangers, and I will walk after them.'

Jeremiah 44:18

But since the time that we ceased to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out libations to her, we have been in need of all things, and we have been consumed by the sword and by famine.

Hosea 7:16

They returned so that they might be without a yoke. They have become like a deceitful bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of the madness of their words. This is their derision in the land of Egypt.

Joel 2:12

Now, therefore, the Lord says: "Be converted to me with your whole heart, in fasting and weeping and mourning."

Zephaniah 1:12

And this shall be in that time: I will scrutinize Jerusalem with lamps, and I will visit upon the men who have become stuck in the dregs, who say in their hearts, "The Lord will not do good, and he will not do evil."

Malachi 3:13

Your words have gathered strength over me, says the Lord.

James 4:9

Be afflicted: mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your gladness into sorrow.