Malachi 3:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Malachi 3:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Malachi 3:2 is a verse from the book of Malachi in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and lik..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Malachi 3:2 — KJV
“But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:”
— Malachi 3:2 (KJV)
Malachi 3:2 in Context — About the Book of Malachi
Malachi closes the Old Testament with a courtroom dialogue — God answering a weary nation's accusations about love, honor, tithes, and justice. It contains Scripture's only invitation to test God: bring the whole tithe and watch heaven's floodgates open. Then four hundred years of silence until John the Baptist.
Cross-References for Malachi 3:2
“Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. abide: Heb. stand up”
Shares key themes with Malachi 3:2: abide, stand, like
“And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.”
Shares key themes with Malachi 3:2: day, stand, fire
“Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.”
Shares key themes with Malachi 3:2: may, abide, fire
“Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.”
Shares key themes with Malachi 3:2: day, stand, fire
“And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so? take...: Heb. possess us, or, impoverish us?”
Shares key themes with Malachi 3:2: may, day, fire
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