Mal 3:1-5: «»Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? «For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, till they present right offerings to the LORD. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years. «Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.», #repentance, #baptise, #heart, #Malachi

Mal 1:6-8: «»A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, `How have we despised thy name?’ By offering polluted food upon my altar. And you say, `How have we polluted it?’ By thinking that the LORD’s table may be despised. When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that no evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that no evil? Present that to your governor; will he be pleased with you or show you favor? says the LORD of hosts.», #heart, #God, #Malachi

Mal 1:14: «Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished; for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is feared among the nations.», #heart, #sacrifice, #God, #Malachi

Hag 1:5-6: «Now therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider how you have fared. You have sown much, and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.», #heart, #trouble, #Haggai

Hag 1:9: «You have looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while you busy yourselves each with his own house.», #church, #heart, #Haggai

Oba 1:3-4: «The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, whose dwelling is high, who say in your heart, «Who will bring me down to the ground?» Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the LORD.», #Obadiah, #heart

Joel 2:12-13: «»Yet even now,» says the LORD, «return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.» Return to the LORD, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil.», #heart, #God, #trouble, #Joel

Hos 11:7: «My people are bent on turning away from me; so they are appointed to the yoke, and none shall remove it.», #heart , #Bible, #Hosea

Hos 3:5: «Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.», #church, #heart, #Hosea

Ezek 36:26: «A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.», #heart, #spirit, #repentance, #Ezekiel