Malachi 3:15
King James Version (KJV)
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
World English Bible (WEB)
Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'
Malachi 3:15 Cross References
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
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.
And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
