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Malachi 3:18

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְשַׁבְתֶּם֙ve.shav.Temand you will returnH7725 →
וּרְאִיתֶ֔םu.re.'i.Temand you will seeH7200 →
בֵּ֥יןbeinbetweenH996 →
צַדִּ֖יקtza.Dika righteous [person]H6662 →
לְרָשָׁ֑עle.ra.Sha'and a wicked [person]H7563 →
בֵּ֚יןbeinbetweenH996 →
עֹבֵ֣ד'o.Ved[one who] servesH5647 →
אֱלֹהִ֔ים'E.lo.Him<of> GodH430 →
לַאֲשֶׁ֖רla.'a.Sherand [one] whoH834 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
עֲבָדֽוֹ׃ סa.va.Dohe serves himH5647 →

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Matthew 25:32All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.Psalms 1:5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.Genesis 18:25Far 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?”Psalms 58:10–11The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.Joshua 24:15But 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 are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”Malachi 3:14–15You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?Exodus 11:7But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”Acts 27:23For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside meIsaiah 65:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.John 12:26If 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.Jeremiah 12:15But after I have uprooted them, I will once again have compassion on them and return each one to his inheritance and to his land.Exodus 8:22But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.2 Thessalonians 1:5–10All 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.Ecclesiastes 9:2It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.Psalms 37:6He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

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About Malachi

Ezra Reads the Law to the People — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezra Reads the Law to the People — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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