Malachi 3:16

Then those who respected ¹  the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. ²  A scroll ³  was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.

Ge 22:12; De 6:6-8; 1Sa 23:16-18; 2Sa 7:1; 1Ki 18:3,12; 2Ch 6:7; Es 2:23; Es 4:5-17; Es 6:1; Job 19:23-25; Job 28:28; Ps 10:4; Ps 16:3; Ps 20:7; Ps 33:18; Ps 56:8; Ps 66:16; Ps 73:15-17; Ps 94:19; Ps 104:33; Ps 111:10; Ps 112:1; Ps 119:63; Ps 139:4; Ps 147:11; Pr 13:20; Isa 26:3,8; Isa 50:10; Isa 65:6; Eze 9:4; Da 2:17,18; Da 7:10; Mal 3:5; Mal 4:2; Mt 12:35-37; Mt 18:19,20; Lu 2:38; Lu 24:14-31; Joh 1:40-47; Joh 12:20-22; Ac 1:13; Ac 2:1; Ac 4:23-30; Ac 4:31-33; Ac 9:31; Ac 10:2; Eph 5:19; 1Th 5:11,14; Heb 3:13; Heb 4:12,13; Heb 10:24; Heb 12:15; Re 15:4; Re 20:12

¹ tn Or “fear” (so NAB); NRSV “revered”; NCV “honored.”

² tn Heb “heard and listened”; NAB “listened attentively.”

³ sn The scroll mentioned here is a “memory book” (סֵפֶר זִכָּרוֹן, sefer zikkaron) in which the Lord keeps an ongoing record of the names of all the redeemed (see Exod 32:32; Isa 4:3; Dan 12:1; Rev 20:12-15).