Malachi 3:2

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

Cross References (37)

  • Zechariah 13:9 (21)

    This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My n

  • Isaiah 4:4 (18)

    when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusale

  • 1 Corinthians 3:13–15 (17)

    his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire wil

  • Revelation 6:17 (11)

    For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

  • 1 Peter 2:7–8 (10)

    To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has

  • Luke 21:36 (9)

    So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand b

  • Luke 3:17 (8)

    His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn u

  • Psalms 2:7 (8)

    I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

  • Revelation 2:23 (7)

    Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, an

  • John 6:42–44 (7)

    They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have c

  • Malachi 4:1 (7)

    “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the da

  • Luke 3:9 (7)

    The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown

  • Hebrews 10:28–29 (7)

    Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

  • Hebrews 12:25 (6)

    See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them

  • Jeremiah 2:22 (6)

    Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord

  • Romans 9:31–33 (6)

    but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

  • Romans 11:5–10 (6)

    In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

  • Amos 5:18–20 (6)

    Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light

  • John 8:41–48 (5)

    You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Hims

  • Isaiah 1:18 (5)

    “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; th

  • Luke 2:34 (5)

    Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of man

  • John 8:55 (5)

    You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I

  • Revelation 1:5–7 (5)

    and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Hi

  • Luke 11:52–54 (5)

    Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you ha

  • Matthew 3:7–12 (4)

    But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vip

  • Matthew 21:31–44 (4)

    Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax

  • Matthew 25:10 (4)

    But while they were on their way to buy it, the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to the wedding

  • John 15:22–24 (4)

    If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

  • Acts 7:52–54 (4)

    Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteou

  • Mark 9:3 (3)

    His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.

  • Luke 11:37–47 (3)

    As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.

  • Ezekiel 22:14 (3)

    Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.

  • John 9:39–41 (3)

    Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become b

  • Matthew 23:13–35 (2)

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not

  • Revelation 7:14 (2)

    “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have

  • Revelation 19:8 (2)

    She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints

  • Luke 7:23 (-1)

    Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”