Malachi 3:16
Good News Translation
Then the people who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD listened and heard what they said. In his presence, there was written down in a book a record of those who feared the LORD and respected him.

New Revised Standard Version
Then those who revered the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD took note and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who revered the LORD and thought on his name.

Contemporary English Version
All those who truly respected the LORD and honored his name started discussing these things, and when God saw what was happening, he had their names written as a reminder in his book.

New American Bible
Then those who fear the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened attentively; A record book was written before him of those who fear the LORD and esteem his name.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then they that feared the Lord, spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then they that feared the Lord, spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name.

that feared.

Malachi 3:5 And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.

Genesis 22:12 And he said to him: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him: now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake.

1 Kings 18:3,12 And Achab called Abdias the governor of his house: now Abdias feared the Lord very much. . . .

Job 28:28 And he said to man: Behold the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom: and to depart from evil, is understanding.

Psalm 33:18 Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him: and on them that hope in his mercy.

Psalm 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good understanding to all that do it: his praise continueth for ever and ever.

Psalm 112:1 Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: he shall delight exceedingly in his commandments.

Psalm 147:11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him: and in them that hope in his mercy.

Isaiah 50:10 Who is there among you that feareth the Lord, that heareth the voice of his servant, that hath walked in darkness, and hath no light? let him hope in the name of the Lord, and lean upon his God.

Acts 9:31 Now, the church had peace throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria: and was edified, walking in the fear of the Lord: and was filled with the consolation of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 10:2 A religious man, and fearing God with all his house, giving much alms to the people and always praying to God.

Revelation 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? For thou only art holy. For all nations shall come and shall adore in thy sight, because thy judgments are manifest.

spake.

Deuteronomy 6:6-8 And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart: . . .

1 Samuel 23:16-18 And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose, and went to David, into the wood, and strengthened his hands in God: and he said to him: . . .

Esther 4:5-17 And she called for Athach the eunuch, whom the king had appointed to attend upon her, and she commanded him to go to Mardochai, and learn of him why he did this. . . .

Psalm 16:3 To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them.

Psalm 66:16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he hath done for my soul.

Psalm 73:15-17 If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children. . . .

Psalm 119:63 I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.

Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with the wise, shall be wise: a friend of fools shall become like to them.

Ezekiel 9:4 And the Lord said to him: Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem: and mark Thau upon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and mourn for all the abominations that are committed in the midst thereof.

Daniel 2:17,18 And he went into his house, and told the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias, his companions: . . .

Luke 2:38 Now she, at the same hour, coming in, confessed to the Lord: and spoke of him to all that looked for the redemption of Israel.

Luke 24:14-31 And they talked together of all these things which had happened. . . .

John 1:40-47 And Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who had heard of John and followed him. . . .

John 12:20-22 Now there were certain Gentiles among them, who came up to adore on the festival day. . . .

Acts 1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James of Alpheus and Simon Zelotes and Jude the brother of James.

Acts 2:1 And when the days of the Pentecost were accomplished, they were all together in one place:

Acts 4:23-30 And being let go, they came to their own company and related all that the chief priests and ancients had said to them. . . .

Ephesians 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual canticles, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord:

1 Thessalonians 5:11,14 For which cause comfort one another and edify one another, as you also do. . . .

Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another every day, whilst it is called to day, that none of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider one another, to provoke unto charity and to good works:

Hebrews 12:15 Looking diligently, lest any man be wanting to the grace of God: lest any root of bitterness springing up do hinder and by it many be defiled:

and the.

2 Samuel 7:1 And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest on every side from all his enemies,

2 Chronicles 6:7 And whereas David my father had a mind to build a house to the name of the Lord the God of Israel,

Psalm 139:4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.

Matthew 18:19,20 Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth, concerning anything whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father who is in heaven. . . .

Acts 4:31-33 And when they had prayed, the place was moved wherein they were assembled: and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost: and they spoke the word of God with confidence. . . .

a book.

Esther 2:23 It was inquired into, and found out: and they were both hanged on a gibbet. And it was put in the histories, and recorded in the chronicles before the king.

Esther 6:1 That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,

Job 19:23-25 Who will grant me that my words may be written? who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book? . . .

Psalm 56:8 I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set me tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise.

Isaiah 65:6 Behold it is written before me: I will not be silent, but I will render and repay into their bosom.

Daniel 7:10 A swift stream of fire issued forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times a hundred thousand stood before him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened.

Matthew 12:35-37 A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. . . .

Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in the presence of the throne. And the books were opened: and another book was opened, which was the book of life. And the dead were judged by those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

that thought.

Psalm 10:4 The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:

Psalm 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord, our God.

Psalm 94:19 According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.

Psalm 104:33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

Isaiah 26:3,8 The old error is passed away: thou wilt keep peace: peace, because we have hoped in thee. . . .

Hebrews 4:12,13 For the word of God is living and effectual and more piercing than any two edged sword; and reaching unto the division of the soul and the spirit, of the joints also and the marrow: and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. . . .

Context
The Book of Remembrance
16Then they that feared the Lord, spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name.17And they shall be my special possession, saith the Lord of hosts, in the day that I do judgment: and I will spare them, as a man spareth his son that serveth him.…
Cross References
Exodus 32:32
Or if thou do not, strike me out of the book that thou hast written.

Psalm 34:15
The eyes of the Lord are upon the just: and his ears unto their prayers.

Psalm 56:8
I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set me tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise.

Isaiah 4:3
And it shall come to pass, that every one that shall be left in Sion, and that shall remain in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that is written in life in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 8:6
I attended, and hearkened; no man speaketh what is good, there is none that doth penance for his sin, saying: What have I done? They are all turned to their own course, as a horse rushing to the battle.

Jeremiah 31:18
Hearing I heard Ephraim when he went into captivity: thou hast chastised me, and I was instructed, as a young bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. Convert me, and I shall be converted, for thou art the Lord my God.

Daniel 12:1
But at that time shall Michael rise up, the great prince, who standeth for the children of thy people: and a time shall come, such as never was from the time that nations began, even until that time. And at that time shall thy people be saved, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Malachi 3:15
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