Malachi 3:14

The Scriptures 1998

“You have said, ‘It is worthless to serve Elohim. And what did we gain when we guarded His Charge, and when we walked as mourners before יהוה  of hosts?

Cross References

Job 22:17

They said to Ě

Job 34:9

For he has said, ‘It does not profit a man that he takes delight in Elohim.’

Job 35:3

For you say, ‘Of what use is it to you? What do I gain more than if I had sinned?’

Isaiah 43:22

“But you have not called on Me, O Yaʽ

Isaiah 58:3

They say, ‘Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we afflicted our beings, and You took no note?’ “Look, in the day of your fasting you find pleasure, and drive on all your labourers.

Jeremiah 18:12

But they shall say, “It is no use! For we walk according to our own plans, and we do each one the stubbornness of his evil heart.”

Jeremiah 2:25

“Keep your foot from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is useless, because I love strangers, and after them I go.’

Jeremiah 44:18

“But since we ceased burning incense to the sovereigness of the heavens and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all and have been consumed by the sword and by scarcity of food.

Hosea 7:16

“They return, but not to the Most High. They have been like a slack bow. Their rulers fall by the sword for the cursings of their tongue. This is their scorn in the land of Mitsrayim.

Joel 2:12

“Yet even now,” declares יהוה, “turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”

Zephaniah 1:12

“And at that time it shall be, that I search Yerushalayim with lamps and punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, ‘יהוה  does no good, nor does He evil.’

Malachi 3:13

“Your words have been harsh against Me,” said יהוה, “but you have said, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

James 4:9

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to dejection.