Malachi 3:6

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““Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.”

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““Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“For I, Jehovah, change not; therefore ye, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah, I have not changed, And ye, the sons of Jacob, Ye have not been consumed.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Malachi 3:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 15:7The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
  2. Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
  3. Genesis 22:16saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
  4. Exodus 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  5. Exodus 3:15God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
  6. Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
  7. 1 Samuel 15:29Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”
  8. Nehemiah 9:7You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
  9. Psalms 78:38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
  10. Psalms 78:57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
  11. Psalms 102:26They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
  12. Psalms 102:28The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
  13. Psalms 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
  14. Psalms 105:7He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
  15. Isaiah 40:28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
  16. Isaiah 41:13For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
  17. Isaiah 42:5This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
  18. Isaiah 43:11I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
  19. Isaiah 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
  20. Isaiah 45:5I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
  21. Isaiah 46:4Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
  22. Jeremiah 32:27“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
  23. Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
  24. Hosea 11:9I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not turn back to destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not man— the Holy One among you— and I will not come in wrath.

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