Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to human tradition, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.
1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,
Galatians 4:3
So also, when we were children, we were in slavery under the elemental things of the world.
Ephesians 5:6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
Colossians 2:20
If with Christ you died to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you still belonged to it, do you submit to regulations such as,
Matthew 7:15
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Matthew 10:17
But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and flog you in their synagogues.
Matthew 15:2-9
"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat."
Matthew 16:6
Then Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees."
Mark 7:3-13
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders.
Acts 17:18
And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some said, "What would this idle babbler wish to say?" Others, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities,"because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
Acts 17:32
Now when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you again on this subject."
Romans 1:21-22
for although they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Romans 16:17
I urge you, brethren, to take note of those who cause divisions and difficulties, contrary to the doctrine which you have learned; avoid them.
1 Corinthians 1:19-23
For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will frustrate."
1 Corinthians 3:18-19
Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become a fool so that he may become wise.
1 Corinthians 15:35-36
But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"
2 Corinthians 10:5
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ,
Galatians 1:14
and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.
Galatians 4:9
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things? Do you desire to be enslaved all over again?
Ephesians 2:2
in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
Ephesians 4:20
But you did not learn Christ in this way,
Philippians 3:2
Watch out for the dogs, watch out for the evil workers, watch out for those mutilators of the body.
Colossians 2:18
Let no one disqualify you for the prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, puffed up without cause by his fleshly mind,
Colossians 2:22
(referring to things which are all destined perish with use), according to human commandments and teachings?
2 Timothy 2:17-18
and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
2 Timothy 3:13
while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
1 Peter 1:18
You know that you were redeemed from the futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
2 Peter 3:17
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your own steadfastness.
2 John 1:8
Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may receive a full reward.