Malachi 3:17

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¹⁵ And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

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.

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.

¹⁸ Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him 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 therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
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Deuteronomy 7:6
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
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2 Corinthians 6:18
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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Isaiah 62:3–4
Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
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1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
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Romans 8:32
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
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Jeremiah 32:38–39
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
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Deuteronomy 26:17–18
Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
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