You know when I sit down\par and when I get up.\par You know my thoughts from far away.\par
Psalm 31:6 - Easy To Read Version I hate people who worship false gods.\par I trust only in the Lord.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I have hated them that regard lying vanities: But I trust in the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [You and] I abhor those who pay regard to vain idols; but I trust in, rely on, and confidently lean on the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) I hate them that regard lying vanities; But I trust in Jehovah. Common English Bible I hate those who embrace what is completely worthless. I myself trust the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version For this, everyone who is holy will pray to you in due time. Yet truly, in a flood of many waters, they will not draw near to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a seasonable time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not come nigh unto him. |
You know when I sit down\par and when I get up.\par You know my thoughts from far away.\par
People who have not done evil things,\par people who have pure hearts,\par people who have not used my name {\cf2\super [146]} to make lies sound like the truth,\par and people who have not lied and made false promises.\par \{Only those people can worship there.\}\par
Your body came from the earth.\par And when you die,\par your body will go back to the earth.\par But your spirit came from God.\par And when you die,\par your spirit will go back to God.\par
Those idols are worth nothing.\par They are something to make fun of.\par In the time of judgment,\par those idols will be destroyed.\par
All the people of the other nations are stupid and foolish.\par Their teachings come from worthless wooden statues.\par
“Some people worship useless idols.\par But those statues never help them. {\cf2\super [12]} \par
Then Jesus said to the servants, “Now take out some water. Carry the water to the master of the feast.”
People knew God. But they did not give glory to God, and they did not thank him. Their ideas were all useless. There was not one good thought left in their foolish minds.
But I am saying that when food is sacrificed to idols, it is an offering to demons, {\cf2\super [74]} not to God. And I don’t want you to share anything with demons.
So \{this is what I say\} about eating meat: We know that an idol {\cf2\super [48]} is really nothing in the world. And we know that there is only one God.