But Jehoshaphat said: “Is there no longer a prophet of Adonai here that we may inquire of Him?”
John 10:5 - Tree of Life Version They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They will never [on any account] follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not know the voice of strangers or recognize their call. American Standard Version (1901) And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. Common English Bible They won’t follow a stranger but will run away because they don’t know the stranger’s voice.” Catholic Public Domain Version But they do not follow a stranger; instead they flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But a stranger they follow not, but fly from him, because they know not the voice of strangers. |
But Jehoshaphat said: “Is there no longer a prophet of Adonai here that we may inquire of Him?”
My son, if you stop heeding instruction, you will stray from words of knowledge.
Then He continued, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you; and more will be added to you.
So pay attention how you listen. For whoever has, to him more will be given. And whoever does not have, even what he supposes he has will be taken away from him.”
I have other sheep that are not from this fold; those also I must lead, and they will listen to My voice. So there shall be one flock, one Shepherd.
“When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them; and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
For the time will come when they will not put up with sound instruction, but they will pile up for themselves teachers in keeping with their own desires, to have their ears tickled.
They left us, but they didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us so it became clear that none of them belongs to us.
I have not written you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
I know all about your deeds and your toil and your patient endurance, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. You have tested those who call themselves emissaries and are not, and have found them to be liars.