1 John 4:1
Dear friends, do not believe every inspired utterance, but test the utterances to see whether they come from God, for many false prophets have come out into the world.
2 Peter 2:1
There were false prophets too among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will introduce destructive sects and deny the Master who has bought them, thus bringing on themselves swift destruction.
1 John 2:18
Children, it is the last hour. You have heard that Antichrist is coming, and many Antichrists have indeed appeared. So we may be sure that it is the last hour.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
but test them all, retaining what is good
Luke 12:57
Why do you not decide what is right yourselves?
Acts 17:11
The Jews there were more high-minded than those at Thessalonica, and received the message with great eagerness and studied the Scriptures every day, to find out whether it was true.
1 Corinthians 12:10
another, the working of wonders, another, inspiration in preaching, another, the power of distinguishing the true Spirit from false ones, another, various ecstatic utterances, and another, the ability to explain them.
1 Corinthians 14:29
And let two or three who are inspired to preach speak, while the rest weigh what is said;
1 Timothy 4:1
The Spirit distinctly says that in later times some will turn away from the faith, and devote their attention to deceitful spirits and the things that demons teach
2 John 1:7
For many impostors have gone out into the world??en who do not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in human form. That is the mark of the impostor and the Antichrist.
Revelation 2:2
I know what you have done; your hard work and your endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, and that you have tested those who claimed to be apostles when they were not, and have found them to be impostors.
Matthew 7:15-16
"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you disguised as sheep but are ravenous wolves underneath.
Matthew 24:4-5
Jesus answered, "Take care that no one misleads you about this.
Matthew 24:23-26
"If anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it,
Mark 13:21
If anyone says to you at that time, 'Look! Here is the Christ!' or 'Look! There he is!' do not believe it.
Luke 21:8
And he said, "Take care not to be misled. For many will come under my name, and say, 'I am he,' and 'The time is at hand.' Do not follow them.
Acts 20:29
I know that after I am gone savage wolves will get in among you and will not spare the flock,
Romans 16:18-19
Such men are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own base passions, and with their plausible and flattering talk they deceive simple-minded people.
2 Timothy 3:13
and bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves.