Malachi 3:5

New English Translation

“I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

Abraham replied, “Because I thought, ‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.

Job 31:12

For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

Job 7:2

Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,

Psalm 36:1

An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

Psalm 81:8

I said, ‘Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!

Psalm 96:13

before the Lord, for he comes! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice.

Psalm 98:9

before the Lord! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.

Exodus 18:21

But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exodus 20:7

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.

Exodus 22:20

“Whoever sacrifices to a god other than the Lord alone must be utterly destroyed.

Proverbs 16:6

Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the Lord one avoids evil.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

Isaiah 57:3

But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!

Jeremiah 23:10

For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered.

Jeremiah 27:10

Do not listen to them, because their prophecies are lies. Listening to them will only cause you to be taken far away from your native land. I will drive you out of your country and you will die in exile.

Jeremiah 27:9

So do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim to predict the future by divination, by dreams, by consulting the dead, or by practicing magic. They keep telling you, ‘You do not need to be subject to the king of Babylon.’

Jeremiah 29:23

This will happen to them because they have done what is shameful in Israel. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken lies while claiming my authority. They have spoken words that I did not command them to speak. I know what they have done. I have been a witness to it,’ says the Lord.”

Jeremiah 42:5

They answered Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as the Lord sends you to tell us to do.

Jeremiah 5:2

These people make promises in the name of the Lord. But the fact is, what they swear to is really a lie.”

Jeremiah 5:29

I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the Lord. “I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!

Leviticus 19:13

You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.

Leviticus 20:10

If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

Leviticus 20:27

“‘A man or woman who has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; their blood guilt is on themselves.’”

Leviticus 20:6

“‘The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people.

Micah 1:2

Listen, all you nations! Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! The sovereign Lord will testify against you; the Lord will accuse you from his majestic palace.

Habakkuk 1:12

Lord, you have been active from ancient times; my sovereign God, you are immortal. Lord, you have made them your instrument of judgment. Protector, you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment.

Zechariah 11:12

Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, forget it.” So they weighed out my payment – thirty pieces of silver.

Malachi 1:6

“A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, ‘How have we made light of your name?’

Malachi 2:14

Yet you ask, “Why?” The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” Because you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the Lord’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or “Where is the God of justice?”

Luke 23:40

But the other rebuked him, saying, “Don’t you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

Romans 3:8

And why not say, “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”? – as some who slander us allege that we say. (Their condemnation is deserved!)

Deuteronomy 15:13

If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed.

Deuteronomy 18:10

There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer,

Deuteronomy 24:17

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

Deuteronomy 27:19

‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 5:11

You must not make use of the name of the Lord your God for worthless purposes, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

James 5:12

And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be yes and your “No” be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.

James 5:4

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Revelation 21:8

But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!