Malachi · Malachi 3
Then those who feared the LORD spoke one with another; and the LORD listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared the LORD and who honoured his name.
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The verses immediately either side, within Malachi 3.
Before
15Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
Malachi 3:16
Then those who feared the LORD spoke one with another; and the LORD listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared the LORD and who honoured his name.
After
17They shall be mine,” says the LORD of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make. I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
This verse does not yet have an editorial note of its own. The chapter it belongs to is the best place to read it: Malachi 3.