Malachi 3:13
Resistance to the Lord through Self-sufficiency“You have criticized me sharply,” says the LORD,“but you ask,‘How have we criticized you?’
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- Mal 2:17 : 17 Resistance to the Lord through Self-deceit You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say,“How have we wearied him?” Because you say,“Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or“Where is the God of justice?”
- Mal 3:8 : 8 Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say,‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!
- Rom 9:20 : 20 But who indeed are you– a mere human being– to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder,“Why have you made me like this?”
- 2 Thess 2:4 : 4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.
- Exod 5:2 : 2 But Pharaoh said,“Who is the LORD that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the LORD, and I will not release Israel!”
- 2 Chr 32:14-19 : 14 Who among all the gods of these nations whom my predecessors annihilated was able to rescue his people from my power, that your God would be able to rescue you from my power? 15 Now don’t let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how can your gods rescue you from my power?’” 16 Sennacherib’s servants further insulted the LORD God and his servant Hezekiah. 17 He wrote letters mocking the LORD God of Israel and insulting him with these words:“The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my power.” 18 They called out loudly in the Judahite dialect to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, trying to scare and terrify them so they could seize the city. 19 They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.
- Job 34:7-8 : 7 What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water! 8 He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men.
- Job 40:8 : 8 Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
- Ps 10:11 : 11 He says to himself,“God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”
- Isa 5:19 : 19 They say,“Let him hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take shape and come to pass, then we will know it!”
- Isa 28:14-15 : 14 The Lord Will Judge Jerusalem Therefore, listen to the LORD’s message, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem! 15 For you say,“We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word.”
- Isa 37:23 : 23 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!
- Jer 8:12 : 12 Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the LORD.
- Mal 1:6-8 : 6 The Sacrilege of Priestly Service“A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The LORD of Heaven’s Armies asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply,‘How have we made light of your name?’ 7 You are offering improper sacrifices on my altar, yet you ask,‘How have we offended you?’ By treating the table of the LORD as if it is of no importance! 8 For when you offer blind animals as a sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer the lame and sick, is that not wrong as well? Indeed, try offering them to your governor! Will he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
- Mal 2:14 : 14 Yet you ask,“Why?” The LORD is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.
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17 Resistance to the Lord through Self-deceit You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say,“How have we wearied him?” Because you say,“Everyone who does evil is good in the LORD’s opinion, and he delights in them,” or“Where is the God of justice?”
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37 Each of you should merely ask the prophet,‘What answer did the LORD give you? Or what did the LORD say?’
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7 So, now the LORD says,‘You have not listened to me. But you have made me angry by the things that you have done. Thus you have brought harm on yourselves.’
8 “Therefore, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘You have not listened to what I said.
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12 “All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in a delightful land,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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7 From the days of your ancestors you have ignored my commandments and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“But you say,‘How should we return?’
8 Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say,‘How are we robbing you?’ In tithes and contributions!
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17 I struck all the products of your labor with blight, disease, and hail, and yet you brought nothing to me,’ says the LORD.
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13 You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say,“Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?”
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15 Then I said to the people of Judah,“Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the LORD has spoken.
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13 Listen, you who sit enthroned above the valley on a rocky plateau. I am opposed to you,’ says the LORD.‘You boast,“No one can swoop down on us. No one can penetrate into our places of refuge.”
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5 Here then, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:‘Think carefully about what you are doing.
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23 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!
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11 For the nations of Israel and Judah have been very unfaithful to me,”says the LORD.
12 “These people have denied what the LORD says. They have said,‘That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.
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5 This is what the Lord says:“What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.
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3 Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer?
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13 when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?
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3 “My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!
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15 Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies has spoken.
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20 But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband,” says the LORD.
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9 “Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your instruction.”
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3 Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?
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