Malachi 3:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.

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  • Exod 19:5 : 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine:
  • Deut 7:6 : 6 For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
  • Isa 62:3-4 : 3 You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. 4 You shall no longer be called Forsaken; nor shall your land any longer be called Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah: for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.
  • Deut 26:17-18 : 17 You have declared the LORD this day to be your God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to listen to his voice: 18 And the LORD has declared you this day to be his special people, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;
  • Jer 32:38-39 : 38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and their children after them:
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And you say, How have we despised your name?
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
  • Deut 14:2 : 2 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
  • Ps 135:4 : 4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his special treasure.
  • Ezek 36:27-28 : 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them. 28 And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
  • John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
  • Rev 20:12-15 : 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 And Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
  • Jer 31:33 : 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law within them, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then the King will say to those on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  • 2 Thess 1:7-9 : 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all who believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
  • 1 Pet 1:13-16 : 13 Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully on the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 As obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance; 15 But as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct; 16 Because it is written, "Be holy; for I am holy."
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
  • 1 Cor 3:22-23 : 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
  • 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For you are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
  • Ezek 16:8 : 8 Now when I passed by you, and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my garment over you, and covered your nakedness; yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord GOD, and you became mine.
  • Isa 26:20-21 : 20 Come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation is past. 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also will disclose her blood and will no more cover her slain.
  • Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
  • Neh 13:22 : 22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and come and guard the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy.
  • Ps 103:8-9 : 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and rich in mercy. 9 He will not always rebuke: nor will He keep His anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him.
  • Zeph 2:2 : 2 Before the decree comes forth, before the day passes like chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you.

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