Malachi 3:14

God's Word

“You have said, ‘It’s pointless to serve God. What do we gain if we meet his standards or if we walk around feeling sorry for what we’ve done?

Cross References

Job 22:17

They told God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do for us?’

Job 34:9

He says, ‘It doesn’t do any good to try to please God.’

Job 35:3

when you ask, ‘What benefit is it to you?’ and, ‘What would I gain by sinning?’

Isaiah 43:22

Jacob, you have not prayed to me. Israel, you have grown tired of me.

Isaiah 58:3

Why have we fasted if you are not aware of it? Why have we inflicted pain on ourselves if you don’t pay attention? Don’t you see that on the days you fast, you do what you want to do? You mistreat all your workers.

Jeremiah 18:12

“But they will answer, ‘It’s useless! We’ll live the way we want to. We’ll go our own stubborn, evil ways.’

Jeremiah 2:25

Don’t run until your feet are bare and your throats are dry. But you say that it’s useless. You love foreign gods and follow them.

Jeremiah 44:18

But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out wine offerings to her, we have had nothing but wars and famines.”

Hosea 7:16

They don’t return to the Most High. They are like a defective bow. Their officials will die in battle because they curse. The people in Egypt will ridicule them for this.

Joel 2:12

“But even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart— with fasting, crying, and mourning.”

Zephaniah 1:12

“At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are satisfied with their hardened lifestyle, who think that the Lord won’t do anything—good or bad.

Malachi 3:13

“You have used harsh words against me,” says the Lord. “You ask, ‘How have we spoken against you?’

James 4:9

Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into gloom.