"But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it. Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name. 'On the day when I act,' says the Lord Almighty 'they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.' " ~Malachi 3:16-17