Malachi 3:15 (WEB)
Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
Fathers and councils · 5
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VI.2Conference VI
“Wherefore now we call the proud happy, for they that work wickedness are enriched, and they have tempted God, and are preserved.”” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 14, 15.
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Jerome
“Yet the Lord afterwards threatens them with a day of judgment; and announcing beforehand the distinction that shall then be made between the righteous and the unrighteous, speaks to them thus: “Return ye, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.”” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 14, 15, 18.
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Augustine of Hippo
“They that feared the Lord uttered these reproaches every one to his neighbor: and the Lord hearkened and heard; and He wrote a book of remembrance before Him, for them that fear the Lord and that revere His name.”” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 13–16.
Read the whole comment“And now we call aliens happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up.”” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 14, 15.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Dicunt enim scriptum esse: “Deo restiterunt, et salvi facti sunt:” illi autem “Deo impudenti” addunt; et hoc eloquium tanquam consilium præceptum accipiunt: et hoc ad salutem conferre existimant, quod Creatori resistant.” — editor's note: Mal. iii. 15.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in The City of God XX.28.
Cited together in The City of God XX.28.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VI.2.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VI.2.
Cited together in The City of God XX.28 and 1 other place.