Malachi 3:14
Ye have said, bIt is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his 5ordinance, and that we have walked 6mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
b:
Job 21:14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Job 21:15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Psalms 73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
Isaiah 58:3 ¶Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
5:
Heb. observation.
6:
Heb. in black.