Malachi 3:15
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15 From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them suffer no harm.’”
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Malachi 4:1
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The Coming Day of Judgment
4 [a]The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.
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- 4:1 Verses 4:1-6 are numbered 3:19-24 in Hebrew text.
1 Peter 5:5
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5 In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for
“God opposes the proud
but gives grace to the humble.”[a]
Hebrews 3:9
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9 There your ancestors tested and tried my patience,
even though they saw my miracles for forty years.
Acts 12:21
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21 and an appointment with Herod was granted. When the day arrived, Herod put on his royal robes, sat on his throne, and made a speech to them.
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Acts 5:9
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9 And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.”
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Matthew 4:6-7
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6 and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say,
‘He will order his angels to protect you.
And they will hold you up with their hands
so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’[a]”
7 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’[b]”
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Malachi 2:17
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17 You have wearied the Lord with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.
You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the Lord’s sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”
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Habakkuk 1:13-17
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13 But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil.
Will you wink at their treachery?
Should you be silent while the wicked
swallow up people more righteous than they?
14 Are we only fish to be caught and killed?
Are we only sea creatures that have no leader?
15 Must we be strung up on their hooks
and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?
16 Then they will worship their nets
and burn incense in front of them.
“These nets are the gods who have made us rich!”
they will claim.
17 Will you let them get away with this forever?
Will they succeed forever in their heartless conquests?
Daniel 6:16
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16 So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to him, “May your God, whom you serve so faithfully, rescue you.”
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Daniel 5:20-28
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20 But when his heart and mind were puffed up with arrogance, he was brought down from his royal throne and stripped of his glory. 21 He was driven from human society. He was given the mind of a wild animal, and he lived among the wild donkeys. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he learned that the Most High God rules over the kingdoms of the world and appoints anyone he desires to rule over them.
22 “You are his successor,[a] O Belshazzar, and you knew all this, yet you have not humbled yourself. 23 For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor know anything at all. But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny! 24 So God has sent this hand to write this message.
25 “This is the message that was written: Mene, mene, tekel, and Parsin. 26 This is what these words mean:
Mene means ‘numbered’—God has numbered the days of your reign and has brought it to an end.
27 Tekel means ‘weighed’—you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.
28 Parsin[b] means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Daniel 4:37
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37 “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”
Daniel 4:30
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30 As he looked out across the city, he said, ‘Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor.’
Jeremiah 12:1-2
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Jeremiah Questions the Lord’s Justice
12 Lord, you always give me justice
when I bring a case before you.
So let me bring you this complaint:
Why are the wicked so prosperous?
Why are evil people so happy?
2 You have planted them,
and they have taken root and prospered.
Your name is on their lips,
but you are far from their hearts.
Jeremiah 7:10
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10 and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, “We are safe!”—only to go right back to all those evils again?
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Ecclesiastes 9:1-2
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Death Comes to All
9 This, too, I carefully explored: Even though the actions of godly and wise people are in God’s hands, no one knows whether God will show them favor. 2 The same destiny ultimately awaits everyone, whether righteous or wicked, good or bad,[a] ceremonially clean or unclean, religious or irreligious. Good people receive the same treatment as sinners, and people who make promises to God are treated like people who don’t.
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- 9:2 As in Greek and Syriac versions and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew lacks or bad.
Proverbs 12:12
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12 Thieves are jealous of each other’s loot,
but the godly are well rooted and bear their own fruit.
Psalm 106:14
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14 In the wilderness their desires ran wild,
testing God’s patience in that dry wasteland.
Psalm 95:9
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9 For there your ancestors tested and tried my patience,
even though they saw everything I did.
Psalm 78:56
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56 But they kept testing and rebelling against God Most High.
They did not obey his laws.
Psalm 78:41
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41 Again and again they tested God’s patience
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 78:18
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18 They stubbornly tested God in their hearts,
demanding the foods they craved.
Psalm 73:12
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12 Look at these wicked people—
enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.
Psalm 49:18
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18 In this life they consider themselves fortunate
and are applauded for their success.
Psalm 10:3
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3 For they brag about their evil desires;
they praise the greedy and curse the Lord.
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