And it came to pass after these things, that God did test Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here am I.
Psalm 11:5 - King James 2000 The LORD tests the righteous: but the wicked and him that loves violence his soul hates. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD trieth the righteous: But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord tests and proves the [unyieldingly] righteous, but His soul abhors the wicked and him who loves violence. [James 1:12.] American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Common English Bible The LORD examines both the righteous and the wicked; his very being hates anyone who loves violence. Catholic Public Domain Version They have said: "We will magnify our tongue; our lips belong to us. What is Lord to us?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own. Who is Lord over us? |
And it came to pass after these things, that God did test Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here am I.
For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.
[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] O LORD, you have searched me, and known me.
You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tested me, and shall find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Your hand shall find out all your enemies: your right hand shall find out those that hate you.
You shall destroy them that speak falsehood: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tests the minds and hearts.
My heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against me: therefore have I hated it.
But, O LORD of hosts, who tests the righteous, and sees the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I opened my cause.
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their souls also abhorred me.
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, They are my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
Blessed is the man that endures trial: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him.
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: