Malachi 3:13-15

Robbing God

¹³ _g "Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. _h But you say, 'How have we spoken against you?' ¹⁴ You have said, _i 'It is vain to serve God. _j What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? ¹⁵ And now we call _k the arrogant blessed. _k Evildoers not only prosper but _l they put God to the test and they escape.'"

1. Cross References
   Malachi 2:17
   You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?" By saying, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them." Or by asking, "Where is the God of justice?
   
2. Cross References
   Malachi 1:2
   I have loved you," says the Lord. But you say, "How have you loved us?" "Is not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the Lord. "Yet I have loved Jacob
   
3. Cross References
   Zephaniah 1:12
   At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, 'The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.
   
4. Cross References
   Job 21:15
   What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?
   
5. Cross References
   Malachi 4:1
   For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
   
6. Cross References
   Malachi 4:1
   For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
   
7. Cross References
   Psalms 95:9
   When your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.