Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

Bible References

Pernicious ways

Romans 2:24
For just as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
1 Timothy 5:14
Therefore I want younger [widows] to marry, to bear children, to manage a household, to give the adversary no opportunity for reproach.
Titus 2:5
[to be] self-controlled, pure, busy at home, good, being subject to their own husbands, in order that the word of God may not be slandered.

Way

2 Peter 2:15
[By] leaving the straight path, they have gone astray, [because they] followed the way of Balaam the [son of] Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
Psalm 18:21
Because I have kept the ways of Yahweh, and have not acted wickedly against my God,
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness. [The] unclean shall not travel through it, but it [is] for them, he who walks [on the] way; and fools shall not wander about.
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus says Yahweh: "Stand at [the] roads and look, and ask for [the] ancient paths, where the way of the good [is], and walk in it, and find rest for your inner selves. But they said, 'We will not walk [in it].'
Matthew 7:14
because narrow [is] the gate and constricted [is] the road that leads to life, and there are few who find it!
Matthew 22:16
And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people}.
Mark 12:14
And [when they] came, they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people} but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or should we not pay?"
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Acts 13:10
[and] said, "O [you who are] full of all deceit and of all unscrupulousness, [you] son of the devil, [you] enemy of all righteousness! Will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord!
Acts 16:17
She followed Paul and us [and] was crying out, saying, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!"
Acts 18:26
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but [when] Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately.
Acts 19:9
But when some became hardened and were disobedient, reviling the Way before the congregation, he departed from them [and] took away the disciples, leading discussions every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
Acts 24:14
But I do confess this to you, that according to the Way (which they call a sect), so I worship the God of our fathers, believing all things [that are] in accordance with the law and that are written in the prophets,

General references

Leviticus 15:8
And if the person who discharges spits on [one who is] clean, then that one shall wash is garments, and he shall wash [himself] with water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.
Proverbs 19:27
Cease to listen to instruction, my child, {and you will stray} from sayings of knowledge.
Ezekiel 12:24
For [there] will not be any longer {any false vision} or flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel.
1 Timothy 5:15
For already some have turned away [and followed] after Satan.