Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

Bible References

Take heed

Deuteronomy 4:9
“Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you don’t forget the things your eyes have seen and so that they don’t slip from your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.
Luke 21:8
Then He said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.
Hebrews 2:1
We must, therefore, pay even more attention to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.
Hebrews 3:12
Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.
Hebrews 4:1
Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it.
Hebrews 12:15
Make sure that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up, causing trouble and by it, defiling many.

Your heart

Deuteronomy 13:3
do not listen to that prophet’s words or to that dreamer. For the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul.
Deuteronomy 29:18
Be sure there is no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Be sure there is no root among you bearing poisonous and bitter fruit.
Job 31:27
so that my heart was secretly enticed
and I threw them a kiss,
Isaiah 44:20
He feeds on ashes.
His deceived mind has led him astray,
and he cannot deliver himself,
or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?”
James 1:26
If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself.
1 John 5:21
Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
Revelation 12:9
So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
Revelation 13:14
He deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that he is permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image of the beast who had the sword wound and yet lived.
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the people who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.

And serve

Deuteronomy 8:19
If you ever forget the Lord your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will perish.
Deuteronomy 30:17
But if your heart turns away and you do not listen and you are led astray to bow down to other gods and worship them,

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