Malachi 3:15

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. wrath: Heb. wraths

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? iniquity: or, grievance And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? creeping: or, moving They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. drag: or, flue net Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. I considered...: Heb. I gave, or, set to my heart All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. called...: Heb. caused to come

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. lusted...: Heb. lusted a lust

Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: Surely...: Heb. If they see the land

Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. the net: or, the fortress