Malachi 3:5

God's Word

“I will come to judge you. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers, lying witnesses, and those who cheat workers out of their wages and oppress widows and orphans. I will also testify against those who deprive foreigners of their rights. None of them fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

Abraham said, “I thought that because there are no God-fearing people in this place, I’d be killed because of my wife.

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this, and you will live. I, too, fear God.

Nehemiah 5:15

Those who were governors before me had made life difficult for the people by taking from them food and wine plus one pound of silver. Even the governors’ servants took advantage of their power over the people. But I didn’t do that, because I feared God.

Job 31:12

It would be a fire that burns even in Abaddon. It would uproot my entire harvest.

Job 7:2

Like a slave, he longs for shade. Like a hired hand, he eagerly looks for his pay.

Psalm 36:1

There is an inspired truth about the wicked person who has rebellion in the depths of his heart: He is not terrified of God.

Psalm 81:8

Listen, my people, and I will warn you. Israel, if you would only listen to me!

Psalm 96:13

in the Lord’s presence because he is coming. He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and its people with his truth.

Psalm 98:9

in the Lord’s presence because he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice and its people with fairness.

Exodus 1:17

However, the midwives feared God and didn’t obey the king of Egypt’s orders. They let the boys live.

Exodus 18:21

“But choose capable men from all the people, men who fear God, men you can trust, men who hate corruption. Put them in charge of groups of 1,000, or 100, or 50, or 10 people.

Exodus 20:7

“Never use the name of the Lord your God carelessly. The Lord will make sure that anyone who carelessly uses his name will be punished.

Exodus 22:20

“Whoever sacrifices to any god except the Lord must be condemned and destroyed.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and faithfulness, peace is made with the Lord. By the fear of the Lord, evil is avoided.

Proverbs 8:13

To fear the Lord is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, evil behavior, and twisted speech.

Isaiah 57:3

But you—come here, you children of witches, you descendants of adulterers and prostitutes!

Jeremiah 23:10

The land is filled with adulterers. The land mourns because of the curse. Pastures in the wilderness have dried up. The people are evil, and they use their strength to do the wrong things.

Jeremiah 27:10

They are prophesying lies to you. They will cause you to be taken far from your lands. I’ll scatter you, and you will die.

Jeremiah 27:9

Don’t listen to prophets, mediums, interpreters of dreams, fortunetellers, or sorcerers who tell you that you’ll never serve the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 29:23

They have done shameful things in Israel. They committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and spoke lies in my name. I didn’t command them to do this. I know what they have done. I’m a witness, declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 42:5

They said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we don’t do exactly what the Lord your God tells us to do.

Jeremiah 5:2

People say, “As the Lord lives …” Yet, they lie when they take this oath.

Jeremiah 5:29

I will punish them for these things,” declares the Lord. “I will punish this nation.

Leviticus 19:13

“Never oppress or rob your neighbor. Never keep the pay you owe a hired worker overnight.

Leviticus 20:10

“If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife or with his neighbor’s wife, both he and the woman must be put to death for their adultery.

Leviticus 20:27

“Every man or woman who is a medium or a psychic must be put to death. They must be stoned to death because they deserve to die.”

Leviticus 20:6

“I will condemn people who turn to mediums and psychics and chase after them as though they were prostitutes. I will exclude them from the people.

Micah 1:2

Listen, all you people! Pay attention, earth and all who are on it. The Almighty Lord will be a witness against you. The Lord will be a witness from his holy temple.

Habakkuk 1:12

Didn’t you exist before time began, O Lord, my God, my Holy One? We will not die! O Lord, you have appointed the Babylonians to bring judgment. O Rock, you have destined them to correct us.

Zechariah 11:12

Then I said to them, “If it’s alright with you, pay me my wages. But if it’s not, don’t.” And they paid me my wages—30 pieces of silver.

Malachi 1:6

“This is what the Lord of Armies says: A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master. So if I am a father, where is my honor? If I am a master, where is my respect? You priests despise my name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised your name?’

Malachi 2:14

But you ask, “Why ⌞aren’t our offerings accepted⌟?” It is because the Lord is a witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been unfaithful. Yet, she is your companion, the wife of your marriage vows.

Malachi 2:17

You have tried the patience of the Lord with your words. But you ask, “How have we tried his patience?” When you say, “Everyone who does evil is considered good by the Lord. He is pleased with them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”

Luke 23:40

But the other criminal scolded him: “Don’t you fear God at all? Can’t you see that you’re condemned in the same way that he is?

Romans 3:8

Or can we say, “Let’s do evil so that good will come from it”? Some slander us and claim that this is what we say. They are condemned, and that’s what they deserve.

Deuteronomy 15:13

But when you let them go, don’t send them away empty-handed.

Deuteronomy 18:10

You must never sacrifice your sons or daughters by burning them alive, practice black magic, be a fortuneteller, witch, or sorcerer,

Deuteronomy 24:17

Never deprive foreigners and orphans of justice. And never take widows’ clothes to guarantee a loan.

Deuteronomy 27:19

“Whoever deprives foreigners, orphans, or widows of justice will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.

Deuteronomy 5:11

“Never use the name of the Lord your God carelessly. The Lord will make sure that anyone who uses his name carelessly will be punished.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

No one should take advantage of or exploit other believers that way. The Lord is the one who punishes people for all these things. We’ve already told you and warned you about this.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is honorable in every way, so husbands and wives should be faithful to each other. God will judge those who commit sexual sins, especially those who commit adultery.

James 5:12

Above all things, my brothers and sisters, do not take an oath on anything in heaven or on earth. Do not take any oath. If you mean yes, say yes. If you mean no, say no. Do this so that you won’t be condemned.

James 5:4

The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout ⌞to God⌟ against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.

Revelation 21:8

But cowardly, unfaithful, and detestable people, murderers, sexual sinners, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside are dogs, sorcerers, sexual sinners, murderers, idolaters, and all who lie in what they say and what they do.