Malachi 3:5

Judgment At The Lord's Coming

⁴ The offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in former times and years past. ⁵ "I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all. ⁶ "Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises, you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.

Be Ready

Commit Adultery

Committing Adultery

Do Not Fear

Fear Not

Lord Almighty

Lord of Hosts

Oppress the Stranger

Says the Lord

Swear Falsely

Turn Aside

Jehovah

No

Leviticus 19:13

You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.

Deuteronomy 24:17

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.

Deuteronomy 27:19

Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

Jeremiah 29:23

This will happen to them because they have done what is shameful in Israel. They have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and have spoken lies while claiming my authority. They have spoken words that I did not command them to speak. I know what they have done. I have been a witness to it,' says the Lord."

Malachi 2:14

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.

James 5:4

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Genesis 20:11

Abraham replied, "Because I thought, 'Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.'

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them, "Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.

Exodus 18:21

But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exodus 22:21-24

"You must not wrong a foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 20:6

"'The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people.

Leviticus 20:10

If a man commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

Leviticus 20:27

"'A man or woman who has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; their blood guilt is on themselves.'"

Deuteronomy 5:11

You must not make use of the name of the Lord your God for worthless purposes, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way.

Deuteronomy 5:17-21

You must not murder.

Deuteronomy 24:14-15

You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.

Psalm 36:1

For the music director; written by the Lord's servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

Psalm 50:3-7

Our God approaches and is not silent; consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages.

Psalm 81:8

I said, 'Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!

Psalm 96:13

before the Lord, for he comes! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice.

Psalm 98:9

before the Lord! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

Proverbs 16:6

Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the Lord one avoids evil.

Proverbs 22:22-23

Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

Proverbs 23:10-11

Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless,

Jeremiah 7:9-10

You steal. You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to other gods whom you have not previously known.

Jeremiah 22:13-17

"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.

Ezekiel 22:6-12

"'See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.

Ezekiel 34:20-22

"'Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Micah 1:2

Listen, all you nations! Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! The sovereign Lord will testify against you; the Lord will accuse you from his majestic palace.

Zechariah 5:3-4

The speaker went on to say, "This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate."

Malachi 2:17

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?"

Matthew 23:13-35

"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

Luke 23:40

But the other rebuked him, saying, "Don't you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

Romans 3:8

And why not say, "Let us do evil so that good may come of it"? -- as some who slander us allege that we say. (Their condemnation is deserved!)

1 Corinthians 6:9-10

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,

Galatians 5:19-21

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity,

1 Thessalonians 4:6

In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly.

Hebrews 10:30-31

For we know the one who said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people."

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

James 5:8-9

You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord's return is near.

James 5:12

And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your "Yes" be yes and your "No" be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.

Jude 1:14-15

Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying, "Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones,

Revelation 21:8

But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood!