As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man to his praise.
Luke 6:26 - Modern King James Version Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you! For so their fathers did to the false prophets. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to (alas for) you when everyone speaks fairly and handsomely of you and praises you, for even so their forefathers did to the false prophets. American Standard Version (1901) Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets. Common English Bible How terrible for you when all speak well of you. Their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets. Catholic Public Domain Version Woe to you when men will have blessed you. For these same things their fathers did to the false prophets. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Woe to you when men shall bless you: for according to these things did their fathers to the false prophets. |
As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold, so is a man to his praise.
who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy falsehood;
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so, and what will you do at the end of it?
If a man walks with wind and lies falsely, saying, I will drop words to you for wine and for strong drink, he shall even be a dropper of words for this people.
Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Woe to you who are full! For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep.
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
For they who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches they deceive the hearts of the simple.
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.