Malachi 3:13-18 ▼

13 “Your words have been strong against Me,” says Yahweh. “But you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

14 You have said, ‘It is worthless to serve God; and what gain is it that we have kept His charge and that we have walked in mourning before Yahweh of hosts?

15 So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up, but they also test God and escape.’”

16 Then those who feared Yahweh spoke to one another, and Yahweh gave heed and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear Yahweh and who think upon His name.

17 “And they will be Mine,” says Yahweh of hosts, “on the day that I prepare My own treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.”

18 So you will return and see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.