Malachi 3:18 “So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, be…”

Malachi 3:18

So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

World English Bible

Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.

American Standard Version

Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then shall you returne, and discerne betweene the righteous and wicked, betweene him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not.

Darby Translation

And ye shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Young's Literal Translation

And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.

Bible in Basic English

Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.

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Cross references

“shall”

Jeremiah 12:15 Malachi 1:4 Job 6:29 Job 17:10 Joel 2:14 Zechariah 1:6

Jeremiah 12:15 · BSB

But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.

Malachi 1:4 · BSB

Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom…

Job 6:29 · BSB

Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.

Job 17:10 · BSB

But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

Joel 2:14 · BSB

Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.

Zechariah 1:6 · BSB

But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has…

“discern”

Matthew 25:46 Genesis 18:25 2 Thessalonians 1:5–10 Daniel 12:1–3 Psalm 58:10 Psalm 58:11

Matthew 25:46 · BSB

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Genesis 18:25 · BSB

Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

2 Thessalonians 1:5–10 · BSB

All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

Daniel 12:1–3 · BSB

“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at t…

Psalm 58:10 · BSB

The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.

Psalm 58:11 · BSB

Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

“between him”

Joshua 24:15 Acts 27:23 John 12:26 Acts 16:17 1 Thessalonians 1:9 Daniel 3:17–26

Joshua 24:15 · BSB

But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you a…

Acts 27:23 · BSB

For just last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me

John 12:26 · BSB

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

Acts 16:17 · BSB

This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

1 Thessalonians 1:9 · BSB

For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

Daniel 3:17–26 · BSB

If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.

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

In context

17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

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