Mal 3:13-15, Mat 20:11-15, Rom 3:5, 20, 9:20, 10:3 | ESV | STEP | Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord . But you say , How have we spoken against you?

Malachi 3:13-15

13 ^a“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. ^bBut you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14 You have said, ^c‘It is vain to serve God. ^dWhat is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15 And now we call ^ethe arrogant blessed. ^fEvildoers not only prosper but ^gthey put God to the test and they escape.’”

Matthew 20:11-15

11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, 12 saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and ^hthe scorching heat.’ 13 But he replied to one of them, ⁱ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take ^jwhat belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. 15 ^kAm I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or ^ldo you begrudge my generosity?’ ^{▼▼Or is your eye bad because I am good?}

Romans 3:5

5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict ⁿwrath on us? ( ^oI speak in a human way.)

Romans 3:20

20 For ^pby works of the law no human being ^{▼▼Greek flesh} will be justified in his sight, since ^rthrough the law comes knowledge of sin.

Romans 9:20

20 But who are you, O man, ^sto answer back to God? ^tWill what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

Romans 10:3

3 For, being ignorant of ^uthe righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.