Malachi 3:15

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

See how happy those arrogant people are. Everyone who does wrong is successful, and when they put God to the test, they always get away with it.”

Cross References

Esther 5:10

but he did not say a thing. When Haman got home, he called together his friends and his wife Zeresh

Job 1:22

In spite of everything, Job did not sin or accuse God of doing wrong.

Job 12:6

Robbers and other godless people live safely at home and say, “God is in our hands!”

Job 21:30

that those who do wrong never suffer disaster, when God becomes angry.

Job 22:23

If you return to God and turn from sin, all will go well for you.

Psalm 10:3

The wicked boast about their deepest desires. Those greedy people hate and curse you, LORD.

Psalm 106:14

They became greedy for food and tested you there in the desert.

Psalm 141:4

Don't let me want to do evil or waste my time doing wrong with wicked people. Don't let me even taste the good things they offer.

Psalm 49:18

We humans are praised when we do well, and all of us are glad to be alive.

Psalm 58:2

You are always planning evil, and you are brutal.

Psalm 73:12

Yet all goes well for them, and they live in peace.

Psalm 73:3

because it made me jealous to see proud and evil people and to watch them prosper.

Psalm 78:18

They stubbornly tested God and demanded from him what they wanted to eat.

Psalm 78:41

They kept testing him and caused terrible pain for the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:56

But the people tested God Most High, and they refused to obey his laws.

Psalm 95:9

For forty years they tested God and saw the things he did.

Proverbs 12:12

An evil person tries to hide behind evil; good people are like trees with deep roots.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

There is something else that doesn't make sense to me. Good citizens are treated as criminals, while criminals are honoured as though they were good citizens.

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting the power of humans. They are all going to die, so how can they help?

Jeremiah 7:10

And then you come into my temple and worship me! Do you think I will protect you so that you can go on sinning?

Daniel 4:37

That's why I say: “Praise and honour the King who rules from heaven! Everything he does is honest and fair, and he can shatter the power of those who are proud.”

Daniel 6:16

So Darius ordered Daniel to be brought out and thrown into a pit of lions. But he said to Daniel, “You have been faithful to your God, and I pray that he will rescue you.”

Malachi 2:17

You have worn out the LORD with your words. And yet, you ask, “How did we do that?” You did it by saying, “The LORD is pleased with evil and doesn't care about justice.”

Malachi 4:1

The day of judgment is certain to come. And it will be like a red-hot furnace with flames that burn up proud and sinful people, as though they were straw. Not a branch or a root will be left. I, the LORD All-Powerful, have spoken!

Acts 12:21

and a day was set for them to meet with him. Herod came dressed in his royal robes. He sat down on his throne and made a speech.

Acts 5:9

Then Peter said, “Why did the two of you agree to test the Lord's Spirit? The men who buried Ananias are by the door, and they will carry you out!”

1 Corinthians 10:9

And don't try to test Christ, as some of them did and were later bitten by poisonous snakes.

Hebrews 3:9

For forty years your ancestors tested God and saw the things he did. “Then God got tired of them and said, ‘You people never show good sense, and you don't understand what I want you to do.’

1 Peter 5:5

All you young people should obey your elders. In fact, everyone should be humble towards everyone else. The Scriptures say, “God opposes proud people, but he helps everyone who is humble.”