Malachi 3:8–15

⁸Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. ⁹Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation. ¹⁰Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. ¹¹And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast its fruit before the time in the field, saith Jehovah of hosts. ¹²And all nations shall call you happy; for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith Jehovah of hosts.

¹³Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee? ¹⁴Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts? ¹⁵and now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.