A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, but a person is proved by the praise he receives.
Luke 6:26 - Tree of Life Version Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets the same way.” 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. |
A crucible is for silver and a furnace is for gold, but a person is proved by the praise he receives.
They say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us smooth words. Prophesy illusions.
The prophets prophesy falsely, the kohanim rule by their own authority, and My people love it this way! But what will you do in the end?”
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood speaks lies—“I will prophesy for you of wine and strong drink”—then he would be a spokesman of this people.
“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
Woe to you who are full, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who are laughing now, for you shall mourn and weep.
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. But you are not of the world, since 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 that its works are evil.
For such people do not serve our Lord the Messiah, but only their own belly. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
You adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.