Topic
False Preachers
100 verses · ranked by helpfulness
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles. — read the full passage →
But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →
Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts; — read the full passage →
For there will arise false christs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →
preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching. — read the full passage →
I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God add to him the plagues which are written in this book. — read the full passage →
But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →
Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them. — read the full passage →
As we have said before, so I now say again: if any man preaches to you any “good news” other than that which you received, let him be cursed.
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” — read the full passage →
But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →
For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Yahweh.
Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son. — read the full passage →
Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.
This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work. — read the full passage →
And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”
Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray. — read the full passage →
Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. — read the full passage →
holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →
Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood. — read the full passage →
If anyone teaches a different doctrine, and doesn’t consent to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →
Woe,whenmen speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him. — read the full passage →
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says Yahweh. — read the full passage →
For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
But when you see the abomination of desolation,spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,
In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will put his angels in charge of you.’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’”
In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.
But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. — read the full passage →
Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia. — read the full passage →
But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.” — read the full passage →
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
From the time that the continual burnt offering shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred ninety days.
Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.
I marvel that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ to a different “good news”; — read the full passage →
Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’
If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises in your midst you, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, — read the full passage →
preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching.
For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
They prayed, and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen
constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.
You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you; — read the full passage →
For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;
Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →
My hand shall be against the prophets who see false visions, and who divine lies: they shall not be in the council of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord Yahweh.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →
This instruction I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which led the way to you, that by them you may wage the good warfare; — read the full passage →
As I urged you when I was going into Macedonia, stay at Ephesus that you might command certain men not to teach a different doctrine, — read the full passage →
that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.
If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises in your midst you, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, — read the full passage →
Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’
Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →
I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?
If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him, — read the full passage →
Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: WEB.