I would be as I was in the days of my youth when God’s friendship rested on my tent,
Proverbs 3:32 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised for the devious are detestable to the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: But his secret is with the righteous. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the perverse are an abomination [extremely disgusting and detestable] to the Lord; but His confidential communion and secret counsel are with the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him). [Ps. 25:14.] American Standard Version (1901) For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright. Common English Bible Devious people are detestable to the LORD, but the virtuous are his close friends. Catholic Public Domain Version For everyone who ridicules is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is for the simple. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple. |
I would be as I was in the days of my youth when God’s friendship rested on my tent,
Those with twisted minds are detestable to the Lord, but those with blameless conduct are his delight.
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no outsider shares in its joy.
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just – both are detestable to the Lord.
To fear the Lord is to hate evil. I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
Look, you are nothing and your work is worthless. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
At that time Jesus said, ‘I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.
He answered, ‘Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.
And he told them, ‘You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.
I do not call you servants any more, because a servant doesn’t know what his master , is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father.
If anyone wants to do his will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.
‘Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give some of the hidden manna. , I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.