Mal 3:16
Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard {it}, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
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And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is {the book} of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: {are they} not in thy book?
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for {thou} only {art} holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Thou wilt keep {him} in perfect peace, {whose} mind {is} stayed {on thee}: because he trusteth in thee. {perfect...: Heb. peace, peace} {mind: or, thought, or, imagination}
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. {comfort: or, exhort}
For the word of God {is} quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and {is} a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in {his} wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger {from his right}, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. {oppress: or, defraud}
The eyes of the LORD {are} upon the righteous, and his ears {are open} unto their cry.
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
{A} devout {man}, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. {set a mark: Heb. mark a mark}
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James {the son} of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas {the brother} of James.
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. {could...: Heb. the king's sleep fled away}
And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of {our} soul {is} to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! {Oh...: Heb. Who will give, etc}
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend {against} the generation of thy children.
Then called Esther for Hatach, {one} of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it {was}, and why it {was}. {appointed...: Heb. set before her}
Behold, {it is} written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
One of the two which heard John {speak}, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. {Jerusalem: or, Israel}
For {there is} not a word in my tongue, {but}, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Come {and} hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that {is} wisdom; and to depart from evil {is} understanding.
{But} to the saints that {are} in the earth, and {to} the excellent, in whom {is} all my delight.
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek {after God}: God {is} not in all his thoughts. {God is...: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God}
I {am} a companion of all {them} that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Some {trust} in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Behold, the eye of the LORD {is} upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
The fear of the LORD {is} the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do {his commandments}: his praise endureth for ever. {a good...: or, good success} {his commandments: Heb. them}
And it shall come to pass, {as soon as} I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and {so} when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
Who {is} among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh {in} darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only {son} from me.
And Ahab called Obadiah, which {was} the governor of {his} house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: {Obadiah: Heb. Obadiahu} {the governor...: Heb. over his house}
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all {men}. {exhort: or, beseech} {unruly: or, disorderly}
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble {you}, and thereby many be defiled; {fail...; or, fall from}
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all {my members} were written, {which} in continuance were fashioned, when {as yet there was} none of them. {all...: Heb. all of them} {which...: or, what days they should be fashioned}
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: {are they} not in thy book?
He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. {to...: or, to edify profitably}
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. {set a mark: Heb. mark a mark}
The fear of the LORD {tendeth} to life: and {he that hath it} shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
I tell you, in that night there shall be two {men} in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Like as a father pitieth {his} children, {so} the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
In the fear of the LORD {is} strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
Come {and} hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
I {am} a companion of all {them} that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Who {is} among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh {in} darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given {me} the heritage of those that fear thy name.
He will bless them that fear the LORD, {both} small and great. {and: Heb. with}
And his mercy {is} on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Let your speech {be} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. {could...: Heb. the king's sleep fled away}
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. {shall be rewarded: or, shall be in peace}
Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
And when they had seen {it}, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. {teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen}
For {there is} no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now {is} in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise {man}? as the fool.
Behold, {it is} written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
And Ahab called Obadiah, which {was} the governor of {his} house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: {Obadiah: Heb. Obadiahu} {the governor...: Heb. over his house}
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
I hearkened and heard, {but} they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, {As touching} the words which thou hast heard;
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.