Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Cross References (27)

  • Isaiah 43:24 (8)

    You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burde

  • 2 Peter 3:3–4 (5)

    Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil de

  • Ecclesiastes 8:11 (4)

    When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.

  • Isaiah 5:18–20 (4)

    Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

  • Zephaniah 1:12 (4)

    And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘T

  • Malachi 1:6–7 (3)

    “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

  • Job 34:17 (3)

    Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,

  • Ezekiel 8:12 (3)

    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the s

  • Isaiah 1:14 (3)

    I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

  • Psalms 73:3–15 (3)

    For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Amos 2:13 (3)

    Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.

  • Matthew 11:18–19 (3)

    For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

  • Psalms 95:9–10 (3)

    where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work.

  • Isaiah 30:18 (3)

    Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. B

  • Job 36:17 (3)

    But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.

  • Ezekiel 16:43 (3)

    Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deed

  • Jeremiah 15:6 (3)

    You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will

  • 1 Samuel 2:3 (3)

    Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are

  • Isaiah 7:13 (3)

    Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of

  • Malachi 3:8 (2)

    Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.

  • Ezekiel 9:9 (2)

    He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the

  • Job 34:5–9 (2)

    For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.

  • Psalms 10:11–13 (2)

    He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”

  • Job 34:36 (2)

    If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.

  • Malachi 2:14 (2)

    Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you h

  • Deuteronomy 32:4 (2)

    He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and uprig

  • Malachi 3:13–15 (2)

    “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’