Malachi 3:13-18

13“Your words have been 1arrogant against Me,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ 14You have said, ‘It is 2vain to serve God; and what 3profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15So now we 4call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and 5escape.’”

16Then those who 6feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord 7gave attention and heard it, and a 8book of remembrance was written before Him for those who 9fear the Lord and who esteem His name. 17“They will be 10Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “on the 11day that I 12prepare My 1314own possession, and I will 15spare them as a man 1617spares his own son who serves him.” 18So you will again 18distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.