Malachi 3:15

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Summary

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

We call

Yea

Habakkuk 1:13

Set

Job 22:23

They that tempt

Bible References

We call

For mark, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven: and all the proud, yea and all such as do wickedness, shall be straw: and the day that is for to come, shall burn them up, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, so that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Nevertheless he refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife,

For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire, and speaketh good of the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

For while he lived, he counted himself a happy man; and so long as thou doest well unto thyself, men will speak good of thee.

Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world, these have riches in possession;

and said, "This is the great city of Babylon, which I myself, with my power and strength, have made a king's court, for the honour of my majesty."

But because his heart was so proud, and his stomach set so fast unto wilfulness: he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his majesty was taken from him.

And upon a day appointed, Herod arrayed him in royal apparel, and set him in his seat, and made an oration unto them.

Likewise, ye younger submit yourselves unto the elder. Submit yourselves every man, one to another. Knit yourselves together in lowliness of mind. For God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.

Yea

Ye grieve the LORD with your words, and yet ye say, 'Wherewithal have we grieved him?' In this, that ye say: 'All that do evil are good in the sight of God, and such please him.' Or else where is the God that punisheth?

"The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperity; and they that maliciously meddle against God, dwell without care: yea, God giveth all things richly with his hand.

"Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches?

The desire of the ungodly hunteth after mischief; but the root of the righteous bringeth forth fruit.

For all these things purposed I in my mind to seek out. The righteous and wise, yea and their servants also are in the hand of God: and there is no man that knoweth either love or hate, but all things are before them.

O LORD, thou art more righteous than that I should dispute with thee: Nevertheless, let me talk with thee in things reasonable. How happeneth it, that the way of the ungodly is so prosperous? And that it goeth so well with them, which without any shame offend and live in wickedness?

Thine eyes are clean, thou mayest not see evil, thou cannot behold the thing that is wicked. Wherefore then doest thou look upon the ungodly, and holdest thy tongue, when the wicked devoureth the man that is better than himself?

Set

For if thou wilt turn to the Almighty, thou shalt stand fast, and all unrighteousness shall be far from thy dwelling:

They that tempt

For of all those men which have seen my glory and my miracles which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now this ten times and have not hearkened unto my voice,

Then the king had them bring Daniel, and cast him into the Lions' den. The king also spake unto Daniel, and said, "Thy God whom thou always servest, even he shall defend thee."

They tempted God in their hearts, and required meat for their lust.

when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works.

A lust came upon them in the wilderness, so that they tempted God in the desert.

and said unto him, "If thou be the son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, 'He shall give his angels charge over thee: and with their hands they shall hold thee up, that thou dash not thy foot against a stone.'"

Then Peter said unto her, "Why have ye agreed together, to tempt the spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out."

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpents.

where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years long.