Malachi 3:15
Malachi · Old Testament · Chapter 3
“And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.”Malachi 3:15
What Does Malachi 3:15 Mean?
Malachi 3:15 is found in the book of Malachi, chapter 3, verse 15 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Malachi 3:15 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 5:20“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”Jeremiah 12:1“Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?”Matthew 4:7“Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”Psalms 92:7“When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:”Malachi 4:1“For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.”Mark 8:11“And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.”Ecclesiastes 8:14“There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.”Luke 4:12“And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”Job 21:7“Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?”Ecclesiastes 9:2“All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.”Malachi 2:17“Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?”Exodus 17:2“Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?”Job 22:23“If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.”Job 24:12“Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.”Psalms 58:2“Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.”Amos 9:10“All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.”Matthew 4:6“And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.”2 Peter 2:8“(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)”Numbers 14:22“Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;”2 Kings 11:3“And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.”
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