30 Bible Verses about Error
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Then Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.
Then Jesus, answering, said unto them, Do ye not therefore err because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
let that one know, that whosoever causes the sinner to convert from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins.
We are of God; he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
There is another evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceeds from the ruler:
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was ignorance. Why should thou cause God to be angry because of thy voice and destroy the work of thine hands?
Ye, therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things in advance, be on guard lest by the error of the wicked ye be deceived with the others and fall from your own steadfastness.
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto those that put their trust in him.
Counsel these things, charging them before the Lord. Strive not in words that profit nothing, but rather subvert the hearers.
And if indeed I have erred, my error shall remain with me.
Therefore, for this cause, God shall send the operation of error in them, that they should believe the lie;
That we no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men and cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive,
and likewise also the males, leaving the natural use of the females, burned in their lust one toward another, males with males committing nefarious works and receiving in themselves the recompense that proceeded from their error.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
Therefore if thy brother shall sin against thee, go and reprove him between thee and him alone; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
For speaking arrogant words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from those who converse in error,
who forsaking the right way have erred, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
Then the presidents and governors looked for occasions against Daniel on behalf of the kingdom, but they could find no occasion or fault because he was faithful, and no vice nor fault was found in him.
that with meekness they might teach those that resist, if God peradventure will grant unto them that they might repent and know the truth,
Therefore and because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up the wall, and, behold, others plastered it with loose mud:
And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; and for those in it there shall be someone to go with them, in such a manner that the foolish shall not err therein.
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God smote him there for his effrontery, and there he died by the ark of God.
For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will invent iniquity to work unrighteousness and to speak scornfully against the LORD, leaving the soul of the hungry empty and taking away the drink of the thirsty.
From Thematic Bible
Drunkenness » Leads to » Error
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
Error » Sin's penalty » Abandonment by God
Therefore God also gave them over to the lusts of their own hearts for uncleanness, to contaminate their own bodies between themselves,
Do not be like your fathers, and like your brethren, who rebelled against the LORD God of their fathers and he gave them over to desolation, as ye see.
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep and said, This time I will go out like before and escape; not knowing that the LORD had departed from him.
Error » Sin's penalty » Penalty sometimes delayed
But in the fourth generation they shall come here again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
For my name's sake I will defer my anger, and for my praise I will wait patiently for thee that I not cut thee off.
which in the time past were disobedient, when once the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being made ready, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
Seest thou how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but in his son's days I will bring the evil upon his house.
But I will not do it in thy days for David, thy father's sake, but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
Error » Sin's penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
Therefore, in the manner which sin entered into the world by one man, and because of sin, death; and so death passed upon all men in the one in whom all sinned.
in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
For the wages of sin is death, but the grace of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou dost eat of it thou shalt surely die.
because ye trespassed against me among the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because ye did not sanctify me in the midst of the sons of Israel.
Error » Known to God » Loved by men
How much less the man who is abominable and filthy, who drinks iniquity like water?
Woe unto those that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope,
Error » Definition of » Sin deceptive
For we ourselves also were foolish in another time, rebellious, deceived, serving diverse lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
And the beast was taken and with it the false prophet that wrought miracles in its presence, with which he had deceived those that had taken the mark of the beast and had worshipped its image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
that ye put off everything concerning the old way of life, that is, the old man who corrupts himself according to deceitful desires,
But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Error » Definition of » To be forsaken
Therefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, leaving behind all the weight of the sin which surrounds us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from the carnal desires which war against the soul
that ye put off everything concerning the old way of life, that is, the old man who corrupts himself according to deceitful desires,
In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ;
He that covers his sins shall not prosper, but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall attain mercy.
Error » Known to God » Hateful to God
And he said unto them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts, for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
For all that do such things and all that do unrighteously are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
And when the mourning was past, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and gave birth to a son unto him. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
For thou art not a God that loves wickedness; neither shall one who is evil dwell with thee.
Error » Definition of » Despised by saints
I will set nothing of Belial before my eyes: I hate the work of those that betray; it shall not cleave to me.
and delivered just Lot, who was persecuted by those abominable people because of their nefarious conversation;
Through thy precepts I have obtained understanding; therefore I have hated every false way.
SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts; but I love thy law.
For my mouth shall speak truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Error » Definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Thou shalt not bow down to them nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generation of those that hate me
And your children shall be shepherded in the wilderness forty years and bear your fornications until your carcasses are wasted in the wilderness.
For the LORD loves uprightness and does not forsake his merciful ones; they are preserved for ever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Thou shalt not be numbered with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people; the seed of evildoers shall not be forever.
The house of the wicked shall be made desolate, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
Error » Known to God » Allurements of
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes, and a tree of covetousness to understand, she took of its fruit and ate and gave also unto her husband with her; and he ate.
For speaking arrogant words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from those who converse in error,
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment and two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Error » Definition of » Forbidden
My little children, I write these things unto you, that ye sin not; and if anyone has sinned, we have an Advocate before the Father, Jesus, the righteous Christ;
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
And she said, No one, Lord. Then Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee; go and sin no more.
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Error » Sin's penalty » Separation from God
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Unto the land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people lest I consume thee in the way.
Israel has sinned and has even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them; for they have even taken of the anathema and have also stolen and lied also, and they have even put it in their own vessels. Therefore, the sons of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but shall turn their backs before their enemies because they have been in the anathema; neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the anathema from among you.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
And there is none that calls upon thy name, that wakes himself up to take hold of thee; therefore, thou hast hid thy face from us and hast allowed us to wither in the power of our iniquities.
Error » Sins » Our deliverance from, through Christ
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures
and from Jesus, the Christ, who is the faithful witness and the first begotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins with his own blood
who gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
he himself bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness; by whose wound ye were healed.
and he is the reconciliation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Error » Sins » Of ignorance
But he that knew not and did commit things worthy of stripes shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to whom much was committed, more will be asked of him.
who was before a blasphemer and a persecutor and injurious, but I was received unto mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done and shall do any of them,
Finally, if a person commits a sin by doing any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD, without doing it knowingly, he is guilty and shall bear his iniquity.
And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did it as did also your princes.
Error » Definition of » Forgiven
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them; many a time turned he his anger away and did not stir up all his wrath.
And you, being dead in sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he has quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses,
Then David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also has taken away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
Error » Sins » Of omission
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted that which is more important of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith; these were expedient for ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
And that slave who knew his lord's will and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Then he shall answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of my brothers, ye did it not to me.
But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs and pass over the judgment and the charity of God; these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Error » Definition of » Origin of
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes, and a tree of covetousness to understand, she took of its fruit and ate and gave also unto her husband with her; and he ate.
Behold, the pain of my iniquity has caused me to writhe; my mother conceived me so that sin might be removed from me.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death.
Where do the wars and disputes come from among you? From here that is to say, of your lusts which fight in your members?
Error » Definition of » Inexcusable
Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest; for in that which thou dost judge another, thou dost condemn thyself; for thou that judgest others doest the same things.
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
For the invisible things of him, his eternal power and divinity, are clearly understood by the creation of the world and by the things that are made so that there is no excuse;
Error » Definition of » Contempt for others
Error » Definition of » Vain talk
In the multitude of words there is no lack of rebellion, but he that refrains his lips is wise.
Error » Definition of » Foolish thoughts
Error » Definition of » Unbelief
And he that makes a difference is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat by faith; and whatsoever is not out of faith is sin.
Error » Definition of » All unrighteousness
Error » Definition of » Transgression of the law
Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Error » Definition of » Neglect of opportunity
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Error
Then Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.