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
These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the Message with great readiness, and daily examined the Scriptures to see if what was said was true.
Ephesians 4:14
Then we shall no longer be like infants, tossed backward and forward, blown about by every breath of human teaching, through the trickery and the craftiness of men, towards the snares of error;
1 John 4:1
Dear friends, do not trust every inspiration, but test each inspiration, to see whether it proceeds from God; because many false Prophets have gone out into the world.
Proveth
Matthew 24:24
For false Christs and false Prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God's People would be led astray.
1 Corinthians 11:19
Indeed, there must be actual parties among you, for so only will the men of real worth become known.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
That is why God places them under the influence of a delusion, to cause them to believe a lie;
1 John 2:19
From us, it is true, they went out, but they had never belonged to us; for, if they had belonged to us, they would have remained among us. They left us that it might be made clear that they do not, any of them, belong to us.
1 John 4:4
You, my Children, come from God, and you have successfully resisted such men as these, because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Revelation 13:14
and in consequence of the marvels which it was allowed to perform under the eyes of the Beast, it is able to deceive all who are living on the earth. It bids those who live on the earth to make a statue in honour of the Beast, who, despite the wound from the sword, yet lived.
Ye love the lord your god
2 Corinthians 8:8
I am not laying a command upon you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection.
General references
Matthew 24:23
And, at that time, if any one should say to you 'Look! here is the Christ!' or 'Here he is!', do not believe it;
Mark 13:21
And at that time if any one should say to you 'Look, here is the Christ!' 'Look, there he is!', do not believe it;