For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)Do not let your prophets and (B)your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream,[a]

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  1. Jeremiah 29:8 Hebrew your dreams, which you cause to dream

(A)Let no one (B)deceive you with empty words, for because of these things (C)the wrath of God comes upon (D)the sons of disobedience.

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31 (A)the prophets prophesy falsely,
    and the priests rule at their direction;
(B)my people love to have it so,
    but what will you do when the end comes?

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The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan (A)with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for (B)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore (C)God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe (D)what is false,

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And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth (A)will be blasphemed. And (B)in their greed they will exploit you (C)with false words. (D)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

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13 while (A)evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and (B)being deceived.

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15 And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah, (A)the Lord has not sent you, (B)and you have made this people trust in a lie.

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14 (A)Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon,’ (B)for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you. 15 I have not sent them, declares the Lord, but (C)they are prophesying falsely in my name, with the result that I will drive you out and you will perish, you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.”

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So (A)do not listen to your (B)prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your (C)fortune-tellers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, ‘You shall not serve the king of Babylon.’

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21 (A)“I did not send the prophets,
    yet they ran;
I did not speak to them,
    yet they prophesied.

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14 And the Lord said to me: “The (A)prophets are prophesying lies in my name. (B)I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, (C)worthless divination, and (D)the deceit of their own minds.

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20 And the beast was captured, and with it (A)the false prophet (B)who in its presence[a] had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who (C)worshiped its image. These two were (D)thrown alive into the lake of (E)fire that burns with sulfur.

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  1. Revelation 19:20 Or on its behalf

14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of[a] the beast (A)it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast (B)that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

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  1. Revelation 13:14 Or on behalf of

For (A)many deceivers (B)have gone out into the world, (C)those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. Watch yourselves, (D)so that you may not lose what we[a] have worked for, but (E)may win a full reward. Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, (F)does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching (G)has both the Father and the Son.

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  1. 2 John 1:8 Some manuscripts you

(A)Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, (B)unless the rebellion comes first, and (C)the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, (D)the son of destruction,[b]

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Some manuscripts sin
  2. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Greek the son of perdition (a Hebrew idiom)

14 so that we may no longer be children, (A)tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in (B)deceitful schemes.

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13 For such men are (A)false apostles, (B)deceitful workmen, (C)disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as (D)an angel of light. 15 So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as (E)servants of righteousness. (F)Their end will correspond to their deeds.

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18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but (A)their own appetites,[a] and (B)by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

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  1. Romans 16:18 Greek their own belly

And he said, (A)“See that you are not led astray. For (B)many will come in my name, saying, (C)‘I am he!’ and, (D)‘The time is at hand!’ Do not go after them.

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26 “Woe to you, (A)when all people speak well of you, for (B)so their fathers did to (C)the false prophets.

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22 (A)For false christs and false prophets will arise and (B)perform signs and wonders, (C)to lead astray, if possible, (D)the elect. 23 But (E)be on guard; (F)I have told you all things beforehand.

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And Jesus began to say to them, (A)“See that no one leads you astray. (B)Many will come in my name, saying, (C)‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray.

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24 For (A)false christs and (B)false prophets will arise and (C)perform great signs and wonders, (D)so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

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And Jesus answered them, (A)“See that no one leads you astray. For (B)many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am (C)the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray.

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“On that day (A)every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive,

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