Malachi 3:17

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¹⁵ So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”

¹⁶ At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.

¹⁸ So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
KJV: And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
WEB: They 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.
ASV: And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
DARBY: And they shall be unto me a peculiar treasure, saith Jehovah of hosts, in the day that I prepare; and I will spare them as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
BLB: “And they will be unto Me,” says YHWH of Hosts, “On the day when I am making a treasured possession; and I will have compassion on them, as when a man has compassion on his son, the one serving him.

ÅB: Og på den dag som jeg skaper, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, skal de være min eiendom, og jeg vil spare dem, slik som en mann sparer sin sønn som tjener ham.
OTB: "Og de skal være mine," sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, "på den dagen når jeg gjør opp mine juveler, og jeg vil spare dem som en mann sparer sin egen sønn som tjener ham."
B1930: Og på den dag som jeg skaper, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, skal de være min eiendom, og jeg vil spare dem, likesom en mann sparer sin sønn som tjener ham.

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Exodus 19:5
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
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Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
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2 Corinthians 6:18
And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
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Isaiah 62:3–4
You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
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1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
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Romans 8:32
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
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Jeremiah 32:38–39
They will be My people, and I will be their God.
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Deuteronomy 26:17–18
Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
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