15 Bible Verses about Strong Delusion

Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false. And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned. But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.

So I will choose severe punishment for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; they chose to do what displeases me."

If a lying windbag should come and say, 'I'll promise you blessings of wine and beer,' he would be just the right preacher for these people!

He replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' The Lord said, 'Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.'

He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, 'Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?'

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others."

With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,

I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.'

You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, 'No one sees me.' Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me!'

I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not release the Israelites.

But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis are misled; the rulers of her tribes lead Egypt astray.