2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with every unrighteous deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth in order to be saved.

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and discipline.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

Proverbs 2:1-6

My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,

Proverbs 4:5-6

Get wisdom, get understanding;
don’t forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 8:17

I love those who love me,
and those who search for me find me.

Matthew 13:11

He answered them, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.

John 3:17

For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

John 3:19-21

“This, then, is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.

John 5:34

I don’t receive man’s testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

John 8:45-47

Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.

Romans 2:7-8

eternal life to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality;

Romans 6:17

But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were transferred to,

Romans 10:1

Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God concerning them is for their salvation!

Romans 16:18

for such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone does not love the Lord, a curse be on him. Marana tha that is, Lord, come!

2 Corinthians 2:15

For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like the many who market God’s message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

2 Corinthians 4:2-3

Instead, we have renounced shameful secret things, not walking in deceit or distorting God’s message, but commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in God’s sight by an open display of the truth.

2 Corinthians 11:13

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:15

So it is no great thing if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their destiny will be according to their works.

Ephesians 4:14

Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are always completing the number of their sins, and wrath has overtaken them at last.

1 Timothy 2:4

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Hebrews 3:13

But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.

James 1:16-18

Don’t be deceived, my dearly loved brothers.

2 Peter 2:12

But these people, like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed—speak blasphemies about things they don’t understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed,

2 Peter 2:18

For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Deceivableness

Romans 16:18
for such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.
2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not like the many who market God’s message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
Instead, we have renounced shameful secret things, not walking in deceit or distorting God’s message, but commending ourselves to every person’s conscience in God’s sight by an open display of the truth.
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
Ephesians 4:14
Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
2 Peter 2:18
For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
Hebrews 3:13
But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.

In them

1 Corinthians 1:18
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.
2 Corinthians 2:15
For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
2 Corinthians 4:3
But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
2 Peter 2:12
But these people, like irrational animals—creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed—speak blasphemies about things they don’t understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed,

That they

John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
John 5:34
I don’t receive man’s testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved.
Romans 10:1
Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God concerning them is for their salvation!
1 Thessalonians 2:16
hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are always completing the number of their sins, and wrath has overtaken them at last.
1 Timothy 2:4
who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

General references

Exodus 8:7
But the magicians did the same thing by their occult practices and brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 13:2
and that sign or wonder he has promised you comes about, but he says, ‘Let us follow other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us worship them,’
Deuteronomy 28:28
The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness, and mental confusion,
Deuteronomy 29:4
Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
Psalm 109:17
He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.
Isaiah 47:12
So take your stand with your spells
and your many sorceries,
which you have wearied yourself with from your youth.
Perhaps you will be able to succeed;
perhaps you will inspire terror!
John 8:45
Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.

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