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Believing Lies

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Romans 16:17–18

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them. — read the full passage →

Psalms 109:2–4

For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue. — read the full passage →

Colossians 2:8

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

2 Thessalonians 2:9–13

even he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 7:8

Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

Proverbs 3:5–6

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 10:5

casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

Psalms 59:12–13

Forthe sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak. — read the full passage →

Colossians 2:4

This I say, that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.

Jeremiah 9:3

And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

Isaiah 54:16–17

Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 11:12–15

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 17:4

An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; Anda liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

2 Thessalonians 2:10–12

and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:7–9

Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth? — read the full passage →

Job 19:2

How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?

1 Peter 3:8

Finally, be ye all likeminded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tenderhearted, humbleminded:

Matthew 16:6

And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Psalms 140:3–4

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; Adders’ poison is under their lips. [Selah — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 10:4–5

(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds); — read the full passage →

Psalms 36:3–4

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise and to do good. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 33:15–16

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil: — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 6:3

If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

Isaiah 28:14–16

Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem: — read the full passage →

2 Timothy 2:25–26

in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth, — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

Jeremiah 9:4

Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

Isaiah 56:11

Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

Psalms 52:4

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Psalms 73:6

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

John 8:7

But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

Isaiah 5:23–24

that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! — read the full passage →

Psalms 64:3

Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

1 Timothy 4:1

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

Isaiah 9:15–16

The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. — read the full passage →

Psalms 62:4

They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. [Selah

Psalms 58:3

The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

Deuteronomy 17:13

And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

2 Timothy 2:3–4

Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Galatians 3:1

O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?

Isaiah 59:13

transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Psalms 147:15

He sendeth out his commandment upon earth; His word runneth very swiftly.

Psalms 57:4

My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

2 Timothy 3:8

And even as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also withstand the truth; men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.

1 Timothy 1:18

This charge I commit unto thee, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to thee, that by them thou mayest war the good warfare;

Galatians 5:9

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Acts 20:32

And now I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you the inheritance among all them that are sanctified.

Isaiah 65:4–6

that sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; that eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; — read the full passage →

Isaiah 59:15

Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

Isaiah 59:2–5

but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.

Isaiah 3:12

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

Psalms 147:5

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.

1 John 4:1–4

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. — read the full passage →

Ephesians 5:5–11

For this ye know of a surety, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. — read the full passage →

Galatians 5:1

For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

Isaiah 66:4

I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not.

Isaiah 30:10

that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,

Psalms 53:4–5

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And call not upon God? — read the full passage →

1 Chronicles 28:9

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

Philippians 3:2

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision:

Romans 1:18–23

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness; — read the full passage →

Acts 20:29

I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;

John 15:14

Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

John 15:10

If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

John 15:6–7

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. — read the full passage →

John 8:6

And this they said, trying him, that they might have whereof to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.

Jeremiah 6:13

For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Isaiah 63:9–10

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 63:4

For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

Isaiah 60:1–2

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

Isaiah 57:4

Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

Isaiah 51:12

I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass;

Isaiah 44:7

And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.

Isaiah 40:6

The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.

Isaiah 29:9–11

Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 27:3–4

I Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 3:7–8

Be not wise in thine own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: — read the full passage →

Psalms 140:7

O Jehovah the Lord, the strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

Psalms 139:14–16

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well. — read the full passage →

Psalms 139:11–12

If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night; — read the full passage →

Psalms 139:8

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

Psalms 138:2

I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

2 Thessalonians 3:1–2

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as alsoit iswith you; — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 2:16

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always: but the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

Galatians 1:7

which is not another gospel: only there are some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

John 15:4–5

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me. — read the full passage →

John 8:10

And Jesus lifted up himself, and said unto her, Woman, where are they? did no man condemn thee?

Luke 4:3–4

And the devil said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command this stone that it become bread. — read the full passage →

Amos 2:4

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk.

Jeremiah 23:24

Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 23:1

Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 10:3–4

For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 40:7–8

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass. — read the full passage →

Job 38:2

Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

James 1:21

Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

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