Luke 6:26

New International Reader's Version

How terrible for you when everyone says good things about you! Their people treated the false prophets the same way long ago.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:21

Fire tests silver, and heat tests gold. But people are tested by the praise they receive.

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers, ‘Don’t see any more visions!’ They say to the prophets, ‘Don’t give us any more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy things we want to hear even if they aren’t true.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy lies. The priests rule by their own authority. And my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?”

Micah 2:11

Suppose a prophet goes around telling lies. And he prophesies that you will have plenty of wine and beer. Then that kind of prophet would be just right for this nation!

Matthew 7:15

“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you pretending to be sheep. But on the inside they are hungry wolves.

Luke 6:25

How terrible for you who are well fed now! You will go hungry. How terrible for you who laugh now! You will cry and be sad.

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, it would love you like one of its own. But you do not belong to the world. I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

John 7:7

The people of the world can’t hate you. But they hate me. This is because I am a witness that their works are evil.

Romans 16:18

People like that are not serving Christ our Lord. They are serving only themselves. With smooth talk and with words they don’t mean they fool people who don’t know any better.

James 4:4

You are not faithful to God. Don’t you know that to be a friend of the world is to hate God? So anyone who chooses to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.