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Mal 3:14 — Ye have said, It [is] vain to serve God: and what profit [is it] that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

It is		Job 21:14,15; Job 22:17; Job 34:9; Job 35:3; Psa 73:8-13; Isa 58:3; Zep 1:12
ordinance		Heb. observation
and that		Isa 58:3; Joe 2:12; Zec 7:3-6; Jam 4:9
mournfully		Heb. in black.

Correlating Passages

It is

	Job 21:14	Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
	Job 21:15	What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
	Job 22:17	Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
	Job 34:9	For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
	Job 35:3	For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? [and], What profit shall I have, [if I be cleansed] from my sin?
	Psa 73:8	They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
	Psa 73:9	They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
	Psa 73:10	Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.
	Psa 73:11	And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
	Psa 73:12	Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.
	Psa 73:13	Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
	Isa 58:3	Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
	Zep 1:12	And it shall come to pass at that time, [that] I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.

and that

	Isa 58:3	Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
	Joe 2:12	Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
	Zec 7:3	[And] to speak unto the priests which [were] in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
	Zec 7:4	Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying,
	Zec 7:5	Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me?
	Zec 7:6	And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?
	Jam 4:9	Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

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Scott, Thomas. "Malachi 3:14," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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