You shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proves you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Treasury of Scripture hearken Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind... Ephesians 4:14 That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men... 1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God... proveth Deuteronomy 8:2 And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to prove you... Psalm 66:10 For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried. Psalm 81:7 You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder: I proved you at the waters of Meribah... Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so that, if it were possible... 1 Corinthians 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. 2 Thessalonians 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us... 1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. Revelation 13:14 And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast... ye love the Lord your God Deuteronomy 6:5 And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. 2 Corinthians 8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
Context Idolaters to Be Put to Death
1If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them; 3You shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proves you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4You shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and join to him. 5And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he has spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust you out of the way which the LORD your God commanded you to walk in. So shall you put the evil away from the middle of you. 6If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, which is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers; 7Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; 8You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him: 9But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. 10And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to thrust you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 11And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not hear the words of that prophet or dreamer: for the Lord your God trieth you, that it may appear whether you love him with all your heart, and with all your soul, or not.
Darby Bible Translation
thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams; for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
King James Bible
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Young's Literal Translation
thou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul;
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