The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
Luke 6:26 - New International Version (Anglicised) Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated 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. |
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
They say to the seers, ‘See no more visions!’ and to the prophets, ‘Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.
the prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?
If a liar and deceiver comes and says, “I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,” that would be just the prophet for this people!
‘Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.
You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.