Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Hearken
Proveth
Ye love the lord your god
General references
Bible References
Hearken
Acts 17:11
The Jews of Berea were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they very readily received the message with all readiness of mind, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether these things were so.
Ephesians 4:14
So we shall no longer be children, tossed up and down, and blown about by every wind of teaching, tricked by the craft of men in the snares of misleading error;
1 John 4:1
Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Proveth
Matthew 24:24
For false christs and false prophets will arise, and will work great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if it were possible, the very elect.
1 Corinthians 11:19
For there must needs be also parties among you, in order that the good may be tested and made known.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
For this reason God is sending on them an energy of delusion, that they should put faith in a falsehood;
1 John 2:19
They came forth from us, but they did not belong to us. If they had belonged to us they would certainly have remained with us, but they went out that they might be manifest that they all are not of us.
1 John 4:4
My little children, you are of God and have conquered them; because he that is within you is greater than he that is in the world.
Revelation 13:14
And he deceives those who dwell on the earth, because of the miracles, which he is permitted to perform in the sight of the beast. He tells those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the sword-stroke, yet lived.
Ye love the lord your god
2 Corinthians 8:8
I do not say this by way of command, but by the zeal of others I am trying to prove the reality of your love.
General references
Matthew 24:23
"If at that time any one should say to you, 'See, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' believe him not.
Mark 13:21
"At that time if any one tell you, 'See, here is Christ,' or 'See, there he is,' do not believe it;