Malachi 3:14

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And you have said: What have we spoken against thee? You have said: He laboureth in vain that serveth God, and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, and that we have walked sorrowful before the Lord of hosts?

Cross References

Isaiah 58:3

Why have we fasted: and thou hast not regarded? Have we humbled our souls: and thou hast not taken notice? Behold, in the day of your fast your own will is found: and you exact of all your debtors.

Zephaniah 1:12

And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and will visit upon the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their hearts: The Lord will not do good, nor will he do evil.

Job 35:3

For thou saidst: That which is right doth not please thee: or what will it profit thee if I sin?

Joel 2:12

Now therefore saith the Lord: Be converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning.

Job 34:9

For he hath said: Man shall not please God, although he run with him.

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.

Job 22:17

Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:

Isaiah 43:22

But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob: neither hast thou laboured about me, O Israel.

Jeremiah 2:25

Keep thy foot from being bare and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst: I have lost all hope, I will not do it: for I have loved strangers and I will walk after them.

Jeremiah 18:12

And they said: We have no hopes, for we will go after our own thoughts and we will do every one according to the perverseness of his evil heart.

Hosea 7:16

They returned, that they might be without yoke: they became like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue. This is their derision in the land of Egypt.

Malachi 3:13

Your words have been unsufferable to me, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 44:18

But since we left off to offer sacrifice to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted all things and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.