Believing Lies

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. — read the full passage →

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

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, — read the full passage →

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

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

For the 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 →

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.

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

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

A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

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

Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? — read the full passage →

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

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

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

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

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) — read the full passage →

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. — read the full passage →

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; — read the full passage →

If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; — read the full passage →

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

Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

So 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.

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! — read the full passage →

Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. — read the full passage →

They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.

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

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

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

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

Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

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

Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; — read the full passage →

Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

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

Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

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

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

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

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

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

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 evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

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

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. — read the full passage →

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 the Lord 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.

For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:

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

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

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

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

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.

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

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.

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.

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 →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. — read the full passage →

I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. — read the full passage →

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. — read the full passage →

O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. — read the full passage →

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. — read the full passage →

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

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: — read the full passage →

Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. — read the full passage →

When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

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

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

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

Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord.

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

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. — read the full passage →

Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

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

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.