For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
Matthew 25:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) But he answered, 'Most certainly I tell you, I don't know you.' Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But He replied, I solemnly declare to you, I do not know you [I am not acquainted with you]. American Standard Version (1901) But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Common English Bible “But he replied, ‘I tell you the truth, I don’t know you.’ Catholic Public Domain Version But he responded by saying, 'Amen I say to you, I do not know you.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he answering said: Amen I say to you, I know you not. |
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.
You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'
Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?
However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, *The Lord knows those who are his,* and, *Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.*