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Malachi 3

Mal. 3:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then they that feared
yare' (Hebrew #3373)
fearing; morally, reverent
KJV usage: afraid, fear (-ful).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: from 3372
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
spaker often
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
one
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
to another
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
: and the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hearkened
qashab (Hebrew #7181)
to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken
KJV usage: attend, (cause to) hear(-ken), give heed, incline, mark (well), regard.
Pronounce: kaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
, and heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
it, and a book
cepher (Hebrew #5612)
from 5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
KJV usage: bill, book, evidence, X learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
Pronounce: say'-fer
Origin: or (feminine) ciphrah (Psa. 56:8 (9)) {sif-raw'}
t of remembrance
zikrown (Hebrew #2146)
a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)
KJV usage: memorial, record.
Pronounce: zik-rone'
Origin: from 2142
was written
kathab (Hebrew #3789)
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
KJV usage: describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
Pronounce: kaw-thab'
Origin: a primitive root
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
him for them that feared
yare' (Hebrew #3373)
fearing; morally, reverent
KJV usage: afraid, fear (-ful).
Pronounce: yaw-ray'
Origin: from 3372
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and that thought
chashab (Hebrew #2803)
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
KJV usage: (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
Pronounce: khaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
upon his name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
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Eph. 5:19• 19speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord; (Eph. 5:19)
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Rev. 20:12• 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is that of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works. (Rev. 20:12)

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that feared.
Mal. 3:5• 5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)
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Mal. 4:2• 2And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves. (Mal. 4:2)
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Gen. 22:12• 12And he said, Stretch not out thy hand against the lad, neither do anything to him; for now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. (Gen. 22:12)
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1 Kings 18:3,12• 3And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the steward of his house (now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly;
 12And it shall come to pass when I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah shall carry thee whither I know not; and when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will kill me; and I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth. (1 Kings 18:3,12)
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Job 28:28• 28And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. (Job 28:28)
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Psa. 33:18• 18Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his loving-kindness, (Psa. 33:18)
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Psa. 111:10• 10The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do his precepts: his praise abideth for ever. (Psa. 111:10)
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Psa. 112:1• 1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. (Psa. 112:1)
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Psa. 147:11• 11Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness. (Psa. 147:11)
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Isa. 50:10• 10Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light,--let him confide in the name of Jehovah, and stay himself upon his God. (Isa. 50:10)
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Acts 9:31• 31The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 9:31)
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Acts 10:2• 2pious, and fearing God with all his house, both giving much alms to the people, and supplicating God continually, (Acts 10:2)
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Rev. 15:4• 4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and do homage before thee; for thy righteousnesses have been made manifest. (Rev. 15:4)
spake.
Deut. 6:6‑8• 6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart;
 7and thou shalt impress them on thy sons, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou goest on the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
 8And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. (Deut. 6:6‑8)
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1 Sam. 23:16‑18• 16And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
 17And he said to him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next to thee; and that also Saul my father knows.
 18And they two made a covenant before Jehovah; and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. (1 Sam. 23:16‑18)
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Esther 4:5‑17• 5Then Esther called for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to wait upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
 6And Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the public place of the city which was before the king's gate.
 7And Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and of the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
 8And he gave him a copy of the writing of the decree that had been given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.
 9And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
 10And Esther spoke to Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai:
 11All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces do know that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is *one* law, to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live; and I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
 12And they told Mordecai Esther's words.
 13And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: Imagine not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
 14For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there arise relief and deliverance to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall perish. And who knows whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
 15And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:
 16Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.
 17And Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him. (Esther 4:5‑17)
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Psa. 16:3• 3To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent thou hast said, In them is all my delight. (Psa. 16:3)
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Psa. 66:16• 16Come, hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. (Psa. 66:16)
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Psa. 73:15‑17• 15If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.
 16When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;
 17Until I went into the sanctuaries of *God; then understood I their end. (Psa. 73:15‑17)
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Psa. 119:63• 63I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. (Psa. 119:63)
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Prov. 13:20• 20He that walketh with wise men becometh wise; but a companion of the foolish will be depraved. (Prov. 13:20)
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Ezek. 9:4• 4and Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof. (Ezek. 9:4)
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Dan. 2:17‑18• 17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;
 18that they would desire mercies of the God of the heavens concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. (Dan. 2:17‑18)
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Luke 2:38• 38and she coming up the same hour gave praise to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who waited for redemption in Jerusalem. (Luke 2:38)
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Luke 24:14‑31• 14and they conversed with one another about all these things which had taken place.
 15And it came to pass as they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus himself drawing nigh, went with them;
 16but their eyes were holden so as not to know him.
 17And he said to them, What discourses are these which pass between you as ye walk, and are downcast?
 18And one of them, named Cleopas, answering said to him, Thou sojournest alone in Jerusalem, and dost not know what has taken place in it in these days?
 19And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazaraean, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
 20and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to the judgment of death and crucified him.
 21But *we* had hoped that *he* was the one who is about to redeem Israel. But then, besides all these things, it is now, to-day, the third day since these things took place.
 22And withal, certain women from amongst us astonished us, having been very early at the sepulchre,
 23and, not having found his body, came, saying that they also had seen a vision of angels, who say that he is living.
 24And some of those with us went to the sepulchre, and found it so, as the women also had said, but him they saw not.
 25And *he* said to them, O senseless and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
 26Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory?
 27And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
 28And they drew near to the village where they were going, and *he* made as though he would go farther.
 29And they constrained him, saying, Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is declining. And he entered in to stay with them.
 30And it came to pass as he was at table with them, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken it, gave it to them.
 31And their eyes were opened, and they recognised him. And he disappeared from them. (Luke 24:14‑31)
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John 1:40‑47• 40Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard this from John and followed him.
 41He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).
 42And he led him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas; thou shalt be called Cephas (which interpreted is stone).
 43On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.
 44And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
 45Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.
 46And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.
 47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold one truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile. (John 1:40‑47)
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John 12:20‑22• 20And there were certain Greeks among those who came up that they might worship in the feast;
 21these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and they asked him saying, Sir, we desire to see Jesus.
 22Philip comes and tells Andrew, and again Andrew comes and Philip, and they tell Jesus. (John 12:20‑22)
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Acts 1:13• 13And when they were come into the city, they went up to the upper chamber, where were staying both Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude the brother of James. (Acts 1:13)
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Acts 2:1• 1And when the day of Pentecost was now accomplishing, they were all together in one place. (Acts 2:1)
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Acts 4:23‑30• 23And having been let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
 24And they, having heard it, lifted up their voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, *thou* art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;
 25who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have the nations raged haughtily and the peoples meditated vain things?
 26The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.
 27For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city
 28to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.
 29And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,
 30in that thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and that signs and wonders take place through the name of thy holy servant Jesus. (Acts 4:23‑30)
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Eph. 5:19• 19speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord; (Eph. 5:19)
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1 Thess. 5:11,14• 11Wherefore encourage one another, and build up each one the other, even as also ye do.
 14But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all. (1 Thess. 5:11,14)
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Heb. 3:13• 13But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. (Heb. 3:13)
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Heb. 10:24• 24and let us consider one another for provoking to love and good works; (Heb. 10:24)
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Heb. 12:15• 15watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it; (Heb. 12:15)
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2 Sam. 7:1• 1And it came to pass when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest round about from all his enemies, (2 Sam. 7:1)
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2 Chron. 6:7• 7And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel. (2 Chron. 6:7)
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Psa. 139:4• 4For there is not yet a word on my tongue, but lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether. (Psa. 139:4)
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Matt. 18:19‑20• 19Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they shall ask, it shall come to them from my Father who is in the heavens.
 20For where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matt. 18:19‑20)
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Acts 4:31‑33• 31And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.
 32And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them;
 33and with great power did the apostles give witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. (Acts 4:31‑33)
a book.
Esther 2:23• 23And the matter was investigated and found out; and they were both hanged on a tree. And it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king. (Esther 2:23)
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Esther 6:1• 1On that night sleep fled from the king. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. (Esther 6:1)
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Job 19:23‑25• 23Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
 24That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
 25And as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth; (Job 19:23‑25)
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Psa. 56:8• 8*Thou* countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? (Psa. 56:8)
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Isa. 65:6• 6Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, (Isa. 65:6)
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Dan. 7:10• 10A stream of fire issued and came forth from before him; thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. (Dan. 7:10)
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Matt. 12:35‑37• 35The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.
 36But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:
 37for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matt. 12:35‑37)
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Rev. 20:12• 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is that of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works. (Rev. 20:12)
that thought.
Psa. 10:4• 4The wicked saith, in the haughtiness of his countenance, He doth not search out: all his thoughts are, There is no God! (Psa. 10:4)
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Psa. 20:7• 7Some make mention of chariots, and some of horses, but we of the name of Jehovah our God. (Psa. 20:7)
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Psa. 94:19• 19In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me thy comforts have delighted my soul. (Psa. 94:19)
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Psa. 104:33• 33I will sing unto Jehovah as long as I live; I will sing psalms to my God while I have my being. (Psa. 104:33)
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Isa. 26:3,8• 3Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed on thee, for he confideth in thee.
 8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial. (Isa. 26:3,8)
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Heb. 4:12‑13• 12For the word of God is living and operative, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrating to the division of soul and spirit, both of joints and marrow, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
 13And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things are naked and laid bare to his eyes, with whom we have to do. (Heb. 4:12‑13)
• {v.16-17} We have now the introduction of the remnant. (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)
• He Himself was the subject of their thoughts and meditations. (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)
• Then, they spoke often one to another. They were drawn together in happy, holy fellowship by their common objects, common affections, and common needs. (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)
• What is meant, therefore, when it is said, “They thought upon His name,” is, that they set themselves to uphold all the truth which had been committed to Israel; this truth being their testimony in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, and also that they were drawn together by their common fear of Jehovah, to maintain the honor of His name. This was their one end and object—not the welfare and blessing of one another. (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)
• In the gospel of Luke (chap. 1 and 2), as often remarked, we have a living picture of this God-fearing remnant. In Zacharias, Simeon, and Anna we behold a few together with those associated with them, who united all the characteristics which are here given. Thus of Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth it is said, “They were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless” (Luke 1:6). (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)
• “The Lord hearkened, and heard.” His eyes and His heart were upon these despised few who encouraged themselves, amid surrounding corruptions, in fellowship one with another concerning the Lord and the Lord’s things. (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)
• “A book of remembrance was written before Him”; that is, the Lord condescends to use a figure to teach us that He records for everlasting remembrance the conversation—may we not rather say the names and the words? (“Malachi 3” by E. Dennett)

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Then they that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed it, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.