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Malachi 1:1 (CSB)
A pronouncement: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi.
Malachi 1:2 (CSB)
“I have loved you,” says the Lord . Yet you ask, “How have you loved us?” “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” This is the Lord ’s declaration. “Even so, I loved Jacob,
Malachi 1:3 (CSB)
but I hated Esau. I turned his mountains into a wasteland, and gave his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
Malachi 1:4 (CSB)
Though Edom says, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of Armies says this: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called a wicked country and the people the Lord has cursed forever.
Malachi 1:5 (CSB)
Your own eyes will see this, and you yourselves will say, ‘The Lord is great, even beyond the borders of Israel.’
Malachi 1:8 (CSB)
“When you present a blind animal for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present a lame or sick animal, is it not wrong? Bring it to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the Lord of Armies.
Malachi 1:9 (CSB)
“And now plead for God’s favor. Will he be gracious to us? Since this has come from your hands, will he show any of you favor?” asks the Lord of Armies.
Malachi 1:13 (CSB)
You also say, ‘Look, what a nuisance! ’ And you scorn it,” says the Lord of Armies. “You bring stolen, lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands?” asks the Lord .
Malachi 1:10 (CSB)
“I wish one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Armies, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
Malachi 1:14 (CSB)
“The deceiver is cursed who has an acceptable male in his flock and makes a vow but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the Lord of Armies, “and my name will be feared among the nations.
Malachi 1:12 (CSB)
“But you are profaning it when you say, ‘The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.’
Malachi 1:7 (CSB)
“By presenting defiled food on my altar.” “How have we defiled you?” you ask. When you say, “The Lord ’s table is contemptible.”
Malachi 1:6 (CSB)
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of me? says the Lord of Armies to you priests, who despise my name.” Yet you ask, “How have we despised your name?”
Malachi 1:11 (CSB)
“My name will be great among the nations, from the rising of the sun to its setting. Incense and pure offerings will be presented in my name in every place because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord of Armies.
Malachi 3:1 (CSB)
“See, I am going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way before me. Then the Lord you seek will suddenly come to his temple, the Messenger of the covenant you delight in — see, he is coming,” says the Lord of Armies.
Malachi 2:1 (CSB)
“Therefore, this decree is for you priests:
Malachi 4:1 (CSB)
“For look, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and everyone who commits wickedness will become stubble. The coming day will consume them,” says the Lord of Armies, “not leaving them root or branches.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 (CSB)
give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 (CSB)
pray constantly,
1 Thessalonians 5:16 (CSB)
Rejoice always,
1 Peter 5:6 (CSB)
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time,
1 Peter 5:7 (CSB)
casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.
1 Peter 5:9 (CSB)
Resist him, firm in the faith, knowing that the same kind of sufferings are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world.
1 Peter 5:10 (CSB)
The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little while.
1 Peter 5:8 (CSB)
Be sober-minded, be alert. Your adversary the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.