Malachi 4:1

New Century Version

“There is a day coming that will burn like a hot furnace, and all the proud and evil people will be like straw. On that day they will be completely burned up so that not a root or branch will be left,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Cross References

Job 18:16

Their roots dry up below ground, and their branches die above ground.

Psalm 119:119

You throw away the wicked of the world like trash. So I will love your rules.

Psalm 37:9

Evil people will be sent away, but those who trust the Lord will inherit the land.

Exodus 15:7

In your great victory you destroyed those who were against you. Your anger destroyed them, like fire burning straw.

Isaiah 40:24

They are like plants that are placed in the ground, like seeds that are planted. As soon as they begin to grow strong, he blows on them and they die, and the wind blows them away like chaff.

Isaiah 41:2

“Who caused the one to come from the east? Who gives him victories everywhere he goes? The one who brought him gives nations over to him and defeats kings. He uses his sword, and kings become like dust. He uses his bow, and they are blown away like chaff.

Isaiah 47:14

But they are like straw; fire will quickly burn them up. They cannot save themselves from the power of the fire. They are not like coals that give warmth nor like a fire that you may sit beside.

Isaiah 5:24

They will be destroyed just as fire burns straw or dry grass. They will be destroyed like a plant whose roots rot and whose flower dies and blows away like dust. They have refused to obey the teachings of the Lord All-Powerful and have hated the message from the Holy God of Israel.

Isaiah 9:18

Evil is like a small fire. First, it burns weeds and thorns. Next, it burns the larger bushes in the forest, and they all go up in a column of smoke.

Isaiah 9:19

The Lord All-Powerful is angry, so the land will be burned. The people are like fuel for the fire; no one will try to save his brother or sister.

Ezekiel 20:38

I will get rid of those who refuse to obey me and who turn against me. I will bring them out of the land where they are now living, but they will never enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 21:32

You will be like fuel for the fire; you will die in the land. You will not be remembered, because I, the Lord, have spoken.’ ”

Ezekiel 24:11

Then set the empty pot on the coals so it may become hot and its copper sides glow. The dirty scum stuck inside it may then melt and its rust burn away.

Ezekiel 34:17

“ ‘This is what the Lord God says: As for you, my flock, I will judge between one sheep and another, between the male sheep and the male goats.

Ezekiel 7:10

“Look, the day is here. It has come. Disaster has come, violence has grown, and there is more pride than ever.

Joel 2:1

Blow the trumpet in Jerusalem; shout a warning on my holy mountain. Let all the people who live in the land shake with fear, because the Lord’s day of judging is coming; it is near.

Joel 2:31

The sun will become dark, the moon red as blood, before the overwhelming and terrible day of the Lord comes.

Amos 2:9

“But it was I who destroyed the Amorites before them, who were tall like cedar trees and as strong as oaks— I destroyed them completely.

Obadiah 1:18

The people of Jacob will be like a fire and the people of Joseph like a flame. But the people of Esau will be like dry stalks. The people of Jacob will set them on fire and burn them up. There will be no one left of the people of Esau.” This will happen because the Lord has said it.

Nahum 1:10

Those people will be like tangled thorns or like people drunk from their wine; they will be burned up quickly like dry weeds.

Zephaniah 1:14

“The Lord’s day of judging is coming soon; it is near and coming fast. The cry will be very sad on the day of the Lord; even soldiers will cry.

Zephaniah 1:18

On the day that God will show his anger, neither their silver nor gold will save them. The Lord’s anger will be like a fire that will burn up the whole world; suddenly he will bring an end, yes, an end to everyone on earth.”

Zechariah 14:1

The Lord’s day of judging is coming when the wealth you have taken will be divided among you.

Malachi 3:15

So we say that proud people are happy. Evil people succeed. They challenge God and get away with it.’ ”

Malachi 3:18

You will again see the difference between good and evil people, between those who serve God and those who don’t.

Malachi 3:2

No one can live through that time; no one can survive when he comes. He will be like a purifying fire and like laundry soap.

Malachi 3:3

Like someone who heats and purifies silver, he will purify the Levites and make them pure like gold and silver. Then they will bring offerings to the Lord in the right way.

Malachi 4:5

“But I will send you Elijah the prophet before that great and terrifying day of the Lord’s judging.

Matthew 3:12

He will come ready to clean the grain, separating the good grain from the chaff. He will put the good part of the grain into his barn, but he will burn the chaff with a fire that cannot be put out.”

Luke 19:43

The time is coming when your enemies will build a wall around you and will hold you in on all sides.

Luke 21:20

“When you see armies all around Jerusalem, you will know it will soon be destroyed.

Luke 6:23

Be full of joy at that time, because you have a great reward in heaven. Their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

Then he will punish those who do not know God and who do not obey the Good News about our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 3:7

And that same word of God is keeping heaven and earth that we now have in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the Judgment Day and the destruction of all who are against God.