1Sa 2:30, Pro 10:7, Dan 12:2-3, Mic 3:6-7, Mal 2:3 | ESV | STEP | Therefore the Lord , the God of Israel , declares : I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever , but now the Lord declares : Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor , and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed .

1 Samuel 2:30

30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ^a‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ ^bbut now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Proverbs 10:7

7 ^cThe memory of the righteous is a blessing,
but ^dthe name of the wicked will rot.

Daniel 12:2-3

2 And many of those who ^esleep in ^fthe dust of the earth shall ^gawake, ^hsome to everlasting life, and ⁱsome to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 ^jAnd those who are wise ^kshall shine like the brightness of the sky above; ^{▼▼Hebrew the expanse; compare Genesis 1:6–8} and ^mthose who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Micah 3:6-7

6 Therefore ⁿit shall be night to you, without vision,
and darkness to you, without divination.
^oThe sun shall go down on the prophets,
and the day shall be black over them;
7 ^pthe seers shall be disgraced,
and the diviners put to shame;
^qthey shall all cover their lips,
for ^rthere is no answer from God.

Malachi 2:3

3 Behold, ^sI will rebuke your offspring, ^{▼▼Hebrew seed} and ^uspread dung on your faces, the ^vdung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it. ^{▼▼Or to it}