Malachi 3:15

New International Reader's Version

But now we call proud people blessed. Things go well with those who do what is evil. And God doesn’t even punish those who test him.’ ”

Cross References

Esther 5:10

But Haman was able to control himself. He went on home. Haman called together his friends and his wife Zeresh.

Job 1:22

In spite of everything, Job didn’t sin by blaming God for doing anything wrong.

Job 12:6

Why doesn’t anyone bother the tents of robbers? Why do those who make God angry remain secure? They are in God’s hands!

Job 21:30

They’ll tell you that sinful people are spared from the day of trouble. They’ll say that those people are saved from the day when God will judge.

Job 22:23

If you return to the Mighty One, you will have what you had before. But first you must remove everything that is evil far from your tent.

Psalm 10:3

He brags about what his heart desires. He speaks well of those who always want more. He attacks the Lord with his words.

Psalm 106:14

In the desert they longed for food. In that dry and empty land they tested God.

Psalm 141:4

Don’t let my heart be drawn to what is evil. Don’t let me join with people who do evil. Don’t let me eat their fancy food.

Psalm 49:18

While they lived, they believed they were blessed. People praised them when things were going well for them.

Psalm 58:2

No, in your hearts you plan to be unfair. With your hands you do terrible things on the earth.

Psalm 73:12

Here is what sinful people are like. They don’t have a care in the world. They keep getting richer and richer.

Psalm 73:3

I saw that proud and sinful people were doing well. And I began to long for what they had.

Psalm 78:18

They were stubborn and tested God. They ordered him to give them the food they wanted.

Psalm 78:41

Again and again they tested God. They made the Holy One of Israel sad and angry.

Psalm 78:56

But they tested God. They refused to obey the Most High God. They didn’t keep his laws.

Psalm 95:9

There your people of long ago really tested me. They did it even though they had seen what I had done for them.

Proverbs 12:12

Those who do what is wrong are safe for just a while. But those who do what is right last forever.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

Here’s something else on this earth that doesn’t have any meaning. Sometimes godly people get what sinful people should receive. And sinful people get what godly people should receive. Here’s what I’m telling you. That doesn’t have any meaning either.

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting in mere human beings, who can’t help you. They only live for a little while. What good are they?

Jeremiah 7:10

Then you come and stand in front of me. You keep coming to this house where I have put my Name. You say, ‘We are safe.’ You think you are safe when you do so many things I hate.

Daniel 4:30

He said, “Isn’t this the great Babylon I have built as a place for my royal palace? I used my mighty power to build it. It shows how glorious my majesty is.”

Daniel 4:37

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, give praise and honor and glory to the King of heaven. Everything he does is right. All his ways are fair. He is able to bring down those who live proudly.

Daniel 6:16

So the king gave the order. Daniel was brought out and thrown into the lions’ den. The king said to him, “You always serve your God faithfully. So may he save you!”

Malachi 2:17

You have worn out the Lord by what you keep saying. “How have we worn him out?” you ask. You have done it by saying, “All those who do evil things are good in the Lord’s sight. And he is pleased with them.” Or you ask, “Is God really fair?”

Malachi 4:1

“You can be sure the day of the Lord is coming. My anger will burn like a furnace. All those who are proud will be like straw. So will all those who do what is evil. The day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord who rules over all. “Not even a root or a branch will be left to them.

Acts 12:21

The appointed day came. Herod was seated on his throne. He was wearing his royal robes. He made a speech to the people.

Acts 5:9

Peter asked her, “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! You can hear the steps of the men who buried your husband. They are at the door. They will carry you out also.”

1 Corinthians 10:9

We should not test the Messiah, as some of them did. They were killed by snakes.

Hebrews 3:9

There your people of long ago tested me. Yet for 40 years they saw what I did.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, I’m speaking to you who are younger. Follow the lead of those who are older. All of you, put on a spirit free of pride toward one another. Put it on as if it were your clothes. Do this because Scripture says, “God opposes those who are proud. But he gives grace to those who are humble.” (Proverbs 3:34)