Malachi 3:14

Geneva Bible (1560)

Ye haue saide, It is in vaine to serue God: and what profite is it that we haue kept his commandement, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hostes?

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  • Isa 58:3 : 3 Wherefore haue we fasted, and thou seest it not? we haue punished our selues, and thou regardest it not. Beholde, in the day of your fast you will seeke your will, and require all your dettes.
  • Zeph 1:12 : 12 And at that time will I searche Ierusalem with lightes, and visite the men that are frosen in their dregges, & say in their heartes, The Lord will neither doe good nor doe euill.
  • Zech 7:3-6 : 3 And to speake vnto the Priests, which were in the House of the Lorde of hostes, and to the Prophets, saying, Should I weepe in the fift moneth, and separate my selfe as I haue done these so many yeeres? 4 Then came the word of the Lord of hostes vnto me, saying, 5 Speake vnto all the people of the land, and to the Priests, and say, When ye fasted, & mourned in the fift & seuenth moneth, euen the seuentie yeeres, did ye fast vnto me? doe I approoue it? 6 And when ye did eate, and when ye did drinke, did ye not eate for your selues, and drinke for your selues?
  • Jas 4:9 : 9 Suffer afflictions, and sorrowe ye, and weepe: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your ioy into heauinesse.
  • Joel 2:12 : 12 Therefore also now the Lord sayth, Turne you vnto me with all your heart, & with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning,
  • Job 21:14-15 : 14 They say also vnto God, Depart fro vs: for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes. 15 Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?
  • Job 22:17 : 17 Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, & asked what the Almightie could do for them.
  • Job 34:9 : 9 For he hath saide, It profiteth a man nothing that he should walke with God.
  • Job 35:3 : 3 For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what auaileth it me, to purge me fro my sinne?
  • Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously. 9 They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth. 10 Therefore his people turne hither: for waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. 11 And they say, Howe doeth God know it? or is there knowledge in the most High? 12 Lo, these are the wicked, yet prosper they alway, and increase in riches. 13 Certainely I haue clensed mine heart in vaine, and washed mine hands in innocencie.

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  • Mal 3:13
    84%

    13Your wordes haue bene stout against me, sayeth the Lorde: yet ye say, What haue we spoken against thee?

  • Mal 2:17
    79%

    17Yee haue wearied the Lorde with your woordes: yet yee say, Wherein haue we wearied him? When ye say, Euery one that doeth euill, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he deliteth in them. Or where is the God of iudgement?

  • Mal 1:12-14
    3 verses
    78%

    12But ye haue polluted it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted & the fruit thereof, euen his meat is not to be regarded.

    13Ye said also, Beholde, it is a wearines, and ye haue snuffed at it, sayth the Lord of hostes, and ye offred that which was torne, and the lame and the sicke: thus yee offred an offring: shoulde I accept this of your hand, sayth the Lord?

    14But cursed be the deceiuer, which hath in his flocke a male, & voweth, and sacrificeth vnto ye Lorde a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, sayth the Lord of hostes, and my Name is terrible among the heathen.

  • Job 21:15
    78%

    15Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?

  • Job 34:9
    75%

    9For he hath saide, It profiteth a man nothing that he should walke with God.

  • Hab 2:13
    74%

    13Beholde, is it not of the Lorde of hostes that the people shal labour in ye very fire? the people shall euen weary themselues for very vanitie.

  • Mal 1:6-10
    5 verses
    74%

    6A sonne honoureth his father, and a seruant his master. If then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my feare, sayth the Lorde of hostes vnto you, O Priestes, that despise my Name? and yee say, Wherein haue we despised thy Name?

    7Ye offer vncleane bread vpon mine altar, and you say, Wherein haue we polluted thee? In that ye say the table of the Lord is not to be regarded.

    8And if yee offer the blinde for sacrifice, it is not euill: and if ye offer the lame and sicke, it is not euill: offer it nowe vnto thy prince: will he be content with thee, or accept thy person, saieth the Lord of hostes?

    9And nowe, I pray you, pray before God, that he may haue mercie vpon vs: this hath beene by your meanes: will hee regard your persons, sayth the Lord of hostes?

    10Who is there euen among you, that would shut the doores? and kindle not fire on mine altar in vaine, I haue no pleasure in you, sayeth the Lorde of hostes, neither will I accept an offering at your hande.

  • Mal 3:15
    74%

    15Therefore wee count the proude blessed: euen they that worke wickednesse, are set vp, and they that tempt God, yea, they are deliuered.

  • Isa 1:12
    74%

    12When ye come to appeare before me, who required this of your hands to tread in my courts?

  • Hag 1:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5Now therefore thus saith ye Lord of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.

    6Ye haue sowen much, and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye clothe you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.

    7Thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.

  • Isa 58:3
    73%

    3Wherefore haue we fasted, and thou seest it not? we haue punished our selues, and thou regardest it not. Beholde, in the day of your fast you will seeke your will, and require all your dettes.

  • Mal 2:13
    73%

    13And this haue ye done againe, and couered the altar of the Lorde with teares, with weeping and with mourning: because the offering is no more regarded, neither receiued acceptably at your handes.

  • Mal 3:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7From the dayes of your fathers, ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and haue not kept them: returne vnto me, and I will returne vnto you, saith the Lord of hostes: but ye saide, Wherein shall we returne?

    8Will a man spoyle his gods? yet haue ye spoyled me: but ye say, Wherein haue we spoyled thee? In tithes, and offerings.

  • Jer 2:5
    72%

    5Thus sayeth the Lord, What iniquitie haue your fathers founde in mee, that they are gone farre from mee, and haue walked after vanitie, and are become vaine?

  • Jer 25:7
    72%

    7Neuerthelesse ye would not heare me, saith the Lord, but haue prouoked mee to anger with the workes of your hands to your owne hurt.

  • Jer 16:10
    72%

    10And when thou shalt shewe this people all these wordes, & they shal say vnto thee, Wherefore hath the Lorde pronounced all this great plague against vs? or what is our iniquitie? and what is our sinne that we haue committed against the Lord our God?

  • Hag 1:9
    72%

    9Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to litle: and when ye brought it home, I did blowe vpon it; why, sayth the Lord of hostes? Because of mine House that is waste, and ye runne euery man vnto his owne house.

  • Neh 13:18
    72%

    18Did not your fathers thus, and our God brought all this plague vpon vs, and vpon this citie? yet yee increase the wrath vpon Israel, in breaking the Sabbath.

  • Dan 9:14
    72%

    14Therefore hath the Lord made ready the plague, and brought it vpon vs: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we would not heare his voyce.

  • Jer 8:8
    71%

    8Howe doe yee say, Wee are wise, and the Lawe of the Lorde is with vs? Loe, certeinly in vaine made hee it, the penne of the scribes is in vaine.

  • Jer 14:19
    71%

    19Hast thou vtterly reiected Iudah, or hath thy soule abhorred Zion? why hast thou smitten vs, that we cannot be healed? Wee looked for peace, and there is no good, and for the time of health, and behold trouble.

  • Exod 5:17
    71%

    17But he said, Ye are to much idle: therfore ye say, Let vs goe to offer sacrifice to the Lord.

  • Job 27:12
    71%

    12Beholde, all ye your selues haue seene it: why then doe you thus vanish in vanitie?

  • Jer 2:29
    71%

    29Wherefore wil ye pleade with me? ye all haue rebelled against me, sayeth the Lord.

  • Hag 2:17
    71%

    17(2:18) I smote you with blasting, and with mildewe, and with haile, in all the labours of your hands: yet you turned not to me, saith the Lord.

  • Amos 6:13
    71%

    13Ye reioyce in a thing of nought: yee say, Haue not wee gotten vs hornes by our owne strength?

  • Mal 2:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8But yee are gone out of the way: yee haue caused many to fall by the Lawe: yee haue broken the couenant of Leui, sayeth the Lord of hostes.

    9Therefore haue I also made you to be despised, and vile before all the people, because yee kept not my wayes, but haue beene partiall in the Lawe.

  • Hos 9:5
    71%

    5What wil ye do then in the solemne day, and in the day of the feast of the Lord?

  • Jer 2:11
    71%

    11Hath any nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods? But my people haue chaged their glorie, for that which doeth not profite.

  • 1 Sam 12:21
    70%

    21Neither turne yee backe: for that shoulde be after vaine things which cannot profite you, nor deliuer you, for they are but vanitie)

  • Job 35:3
    70%

    3For thou hast said, What profiteth it thee and what auaileth it me, to purge me fro my sinne?

  • Eccl 3:9
    70%

    9What profite hath hee that worketh of the thing wherein he trauaileth?

  • Jer 5:19
    70%

    19And when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God doe these things vnto vs? then shalt thou answere them, Like as ye haue forsaken me and serued strange gods in your land, so shall ye serue strangers in a land that is not yours.

  • Jer 7:8
    70%

    8Beholde, you trust in lying woordes, that can not profite.

  • Mic 3:11
    70%

    11The heads thereof iudge for rewardes, and the Priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophets thereof prophecie for money: yet wil they leane vpon the Lorde, and say, Is not the Lorde among vs? no euill can come vpon vs.

  • Joel 1:13
    70%

    13Girde your selues and lament, ye Priests: howle ye ministers of the altar: come, and lie all night in sackecloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meate offring, and the drinke offring is taken away from the house of your God.

  • Joel 1:16
    70%

    16Is not the meate cut off before our eyes? & ioy, and gladnesse from the house of our God?

  • Lam 3:40
    70%

    40Let vs search and try our wayes, and turne againe to the Lord.

  • Dan 9:10
    70%

    10For we haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lord our God, to walke in his lawes, which he had laide before vs by the ministerie of his seruants the Prophets.

  • Jer 5:12
    70%

    12They haue denied the Lorde, and saide, It is not he, neither shall the plague come vpon vs, neither shall we see sworde nor famine.