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Isaiah 9:15
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Isaiah 9:15
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15 The elder and honorable, he is the head;
The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
Isaiah 9:15
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Isaiah 9:15
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Matthew 24:24
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Matthew 24:24
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24 For (A)false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, (B)if possible, even the elect.
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Matthew 24:24
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Matthew 24:24
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24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders(A) to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Isaiah 29:10
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Isaiah 29:10
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10 For (A)the Lord has poured out on you
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has (B)closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, (C)the seers.
Isaiah 29:10
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Isaiah 29:10
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2 Timothy 4:2-3
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2 Timothy 4:2-3
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2 Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. (A)Convince, (B)rebuke, (C)exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. 3 (D)For the time will come when they will not endure (E)sound doctrine, (F)but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;
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2 Timothy 4:2-3
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2 Timothy 4:2-3
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2 Preach(A) the word;(B) be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke(C) and encourage(D)—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.(E) Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.(F)
Ezekiel 13:19
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Ezekiel 13:19
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19 And will you profane Me among My people (A)for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, killing people who should not die, and keeping people alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies?”
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Ezekiel 13:19
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Ezekiel 13:19
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19 You have profaned(A) me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread.(B) By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.(C)
Jeremiah 29:21-22
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Jeremiah 29:21-22
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21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a (A)lie to you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes. 22 (B)And because of them a curse shall be taken up by all the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, “The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, (C)whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire”;
Jeremiah 29:21-22
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Jeremiah 29:21-22
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21 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies(A) to you in my name: “I will deliver them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your very eyes. 22 Because of them, all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned(B) in the fire.’
Isaiah 3:2-3
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Isaiah 3:2-3
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2 (A)The mighty man and the man of war,
The judge and the prophet,
And the diviner and the elder;
3 The captain of fifty and the [a]honorable man,
The counselor and the skillful artisan,
And the expert enchanter.
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- Isaiah 3:3 Eminent looking men
1 Samuel 9:6
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1 Samuel 9:6
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6 And he said to him, “Look now, there is in this city (A)a man of God, and he is an honorable man; (B)all that he says surely comes to pass. So let us go there; perhaps he can show us the way that we should go.”
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1 Samuel 9:6
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1 Samuel 9:6
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6 But the servant replied, “Look, in this town there is a man of God;(A) he is highly respected, and everything(B) he says comes true. Let’s go there now. Perhaps he will tell us what way to take.”
Revelation 19:20
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Revelation 19:20
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20 (A)Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and (B)those who worshiped his image. (C)These two were cast alive into the lake of fire (D)burning with brimstone.
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Revelation 19:20
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Revelation 19:20
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20 But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet(A) who had performed the signs(B) on its behalf.(C) With these signs he had deluded(D) those who had received the mark of the beast(E) and worshiped its image.(F) The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake(G) of burning sulfur.(H)
1 John 4:1
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1 John 4:1
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Love for God and One Another
4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but (A)test the spirits, whether they are of God; because (B)many false prophets have gone out into the world.
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1 John 4:1
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1 John 4:1
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On Denying the Incarnation
4 Dear friends,(A) do not believe every spirit,(B) but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.(C)
2 Peter 2:1-3
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2 Peter 2:1-3
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Destructive Doctrines
2 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be (A)false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction [a]does not slumber.
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- 2 Peter 2:3 M will not
2 Peter 2:1-3
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2 Peter 2:1-3
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False Teachers and Their Destruction
2 But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2 Many will follow their depraved conduct(E) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3 In their greed(F) these teachers will exploit you(G) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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9 The coming of the lawless one is (A)according to the working of Satan, with all power, (B)signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among (C)those who perish, because they did not receive (D)the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And (E)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, (F)that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but (G)had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan(A) works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders(B) that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(C) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(D) 11 For this reason God sends them(E) a powerful delusion(F) so that they will believe the lie(G) 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.(H)
Galatians 1:8-9
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Galatians 1:8-9
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8 But even if (A)we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be [a]accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you (B)than what you have received, let him be accursed.
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- Galatians 1:8 Gr. anathema
Galatians 1:8-9
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Galatians 1:8-9
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8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you,(A) let them be under God’s curse!(B) 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted,(C) let them be under God’s curse!
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