In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.
Luke 6:26 - Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you when men will have blessed you. For these same things their fathers did to the false prophets. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to (alas for) you when everyone speaks fairly and handsomely of you and praises you, for even so their forefathers did to the false prophets. American Standard Version (1901) Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets. Common English Bible How terrible for you when all speak well of you. Their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to you when men shall bless you: for according to these things did their fathers to the false prophets. English Standard Version 2016 “Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets. |
In the manner of silver being tested in the refinery, and gold in the furnace, so also is a man tested by the mouth of one who praises. The heart of the iniquitous inquires after evils, but the heart of the righteous inquires after knowledge.
They say to the seers, "Do not see," and to those who behold: "Do not behold for us the things that are right. Speak to us of pleasing things. See errors for us.
The prophets have prophesied lies, and the priests have applauded with their hands, and my people have loved these things. So then, what shall be done at the very end?"
I wish that I were not a man who has breath, and that I rather spoke a lie. I will drop it down to you in wine and in drunkenness. And it will be this people on whom it will rain down.
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
Woe to you who are satisfied, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
If you had been of the world, the world would love what is its own. Yet truly, you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world; because of this, the world hates you.
The world cannot hate you. But it hates me, because I offer testimony about it, that its works are evil.
For ones such as these do not serve Christ our Lord, but their inner selves, and, through pleasing words and skillful speaking, they seduce the hearts of the innocent.
You adulterers! Do you not know that the friendship of this world is hostile to God? Therefore, whoever has chosen to be a friend of this world has been made into an enemy of God.