Malachi 3:14-16

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴ You have said,
    “It is useless to serve God.
What do we profit by keeping his commands
    or by going about in penitential garb
    before the Lord of hosts?
¹⁵ For our part,
    we regard the arrogant as happy.
Evildoers not only prosper,
    but when they put God to the test,
    they come to no harm.”
¹⁶ Then those who feared the Lord
    spoke with one another.
The Lord listened attentively,
    and a book of remembrance was written before him
of those who feared him
    and trusted in his name.