Malachi 3:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘They will be mine,’ says the Lord of Armies,  ‘my own possession on the day I am preparing. I will have compassion on them as a man has compassion on his son who serves him.

Cross References

Exodus 19:5

Now if you will carefully listen to me and keep my covenant,  you will be my own possession  out of all the peoples, although the whole earth is mine,

Deuteronomy 7:6

For you are a holy people  belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be his own possession  out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

2 Corinthians 6:18

And I will be a Father   to you, and you will be sons   and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.   ,

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race,   ,, a royal priesthood,   , a holy nation,   , a people for his possession,   , so that you may proclaim the praises   ,, of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.

Romans 8:32

He did not even spare his own Son  but gave him up for us all.  How will he not also with him grant us everything?

Malachi 1:6

‘A son honours his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honour? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me?  says the Lord of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.’ Yet you ask, ‘How have we despised your name? ’

Jeremiah 31:33

‘Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days’ #– #the Lord’s declaration. ‘I will put my teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Deuteronomy 14:2

for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be his own possession  out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.

1 Corinthians 6:20

for you were bought  at a price. So glorify God with your body.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those on his right, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom   prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Ezekiel 16:8

‘ “Then I passed by you and saw you, and you were indeed at the age for love. So I spread the edge of my garment over you and covered your nakedness.  I pledged myself to you,  entered into a covenant with you #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God  #– #and you became mine.

Jeremiah 31:20

Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to me, a delightful child? Whenever I speak against him, I certainly still think about him. Therefore, my inner being yearns for him; I will truly have compassion on him. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Nehemiah 13:22

Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves  and guard the city gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this also, my God,  and look on me with compassion according to the abundance of your faithful love.

Zephaniah 2:2

before the decree  takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning of the  Lord’s anger  overtakes you, before the day of the  Lord’s anger overtakes you.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us  to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession,  eager to do good works.

Galatians 5:24

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus  have crucified the flesh  with its passions and desires.

1 Corinthians 15:23

But each in his own order:  Christ, the firstfruits; afterwards, at his coming, those who belong to Christ.

John 17:24

‘Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am,   so that they will see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the world’s foundation.

Zechariah 13:9

I will put this third through the fire; I will refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, “They are my people,” and they will say, “The Lord is our God.” ’

Song of Solomon 2:16

My love is mine and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.

Exodus 32:32

Now if you would only forgive their sin. But if not, please erase me from the book you have written.’

Isaiah 4:2

On that day the Branch  of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious,  and the fruit of the land  will be the pride and glory  of Israel’s survivors.

Isaiah 43:1

Now this is what the Lord  says – the one who created you, Jacob, and the one who formed you, Israel   – ‘Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are mine.

Isaiah 43:21

The people I formed for myself will declare my praise.

Malachi 4:3

You will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,’ says the Lord of Armies.