Malachi 3:15 “So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, th…”

Malachi 3:15

So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’

American Standard Version

and now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore wee count the proude blessed: euen they that worke wickednesse, are set vp, and they that tempt God, yea, they are deliuered.

Darby Translation

And now we hold the proud for happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and they escape.

Young's Literal Translation

And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'

Bible in Basic English

And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

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Cross references

“we call”

Malachi 4:1 Esther 5:10 Psalm 10:3 Psalm 49:18 Psalm 73:12 Daniel 4:30

Malachi 4:1 · BSB

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left…

Esther 5:10 · BSB

Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,

Psalm 10:3 · BSB

For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

Psalm 49:18 · BSB

Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—

Psalm 73:12 · BSB

Behold, these are the wicked— always carefree as they increase their wealth.

Daniel 4:30 · BSB

the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

“yea”

Malachi 2:17 Job 21:7–15 Job 12:6 Job 21:30 Proverbs 12:12 Habakkuk 1:13–17

Malachi 2:17 · BSB

You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Job 21:7–15 · BSB

Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

Job 12:6 · BSB

The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.

Job 21:30 · BSB

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

Proverbs 12:12 · BSB

The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

Habakkuk 1:13–17 · BSB

Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

“set”

Job 22:23

Job 22:23 · BSB

If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

“they that tempt”

Daniel 6:16 Psalm 78:18 Psalm 78:41 Psalm 78:56 Psalm 95:9 Psalm 106:14

Daniel 6:16 · BSB

So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”

Psalm 78:18 · BSB

They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.

Psalm 78:41 · BSB

Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 78:56 · BSB

But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

Psalm 95:9 · BSB

where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

Psalm 106:14 · BSB

They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

Also

Jeremiah 7:10

Jeremiah 7:10 · BSB

and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?

16At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

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