30 Bible Verses about Error
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Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power,
Jesus answered them, "Aren't you mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power?
you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his wrong path will save his soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
We belong to God. The person who knows God listens to us. Whoever does not belong to God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.
Here's another tragedy that I've observed on earth, a kind of error that comes from an overseer:
Never let your mouth cause you to sin and don't proclaim in the presence of the angel, "My promise was a mistake," for why should God be angry at your excuse and destroy what you've undertaken?
And so, dear friends, since you already know these things, continuously be on your guard not to be carried away by the deception of lawless people. Otherwise, you may fall from your secure position.
Everything God says is pure; he is a shield for those who take refuge in him.
Remind others about these things, and warn them before God not to argue over words. Arguing does not do any good but only destroys those who are listening.
Even if it's true that I've erred, my error only affects me.
For this reason, God will send them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie.
Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.
In the same way, their males also abandoned their natural sexual function toward females and burned with lust toward one another. Males committed indecent acts with males, and received within themselves the appropriate penalty for their perversion.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
"If your brother sins against you, go and confront him while the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.
By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.
They have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Bosor's son Balaam, who loved the reward he got for doing wrong.
Because of this, the administrators and regional authorities tried to bring allegations of dereliction of duty in government affairs against Daniel, but they were unable to find any charges of corruption. Daniel was trustworthy, and no evidence of negligence or corruption could be found against him.
and gentle when refuting opponents. After all, maybe God will allow them to repent and to come to a full knowledge of the truth,
because they've truly caused my people to stray saying, "Peace," but there's no peace.'"
"A highway will be there yes, there and people will call it "The Holy Way'. As for unclean people, they will not journey on it, but it will be for whomever is traveling on that Way not even fools will get lost.
Just then, the anger of the LORD blazed against Uzzah, and God struck him down right there because of his failure, and he died there beside the Ark of God.
For fools utter contempt, and their minds plot wrong things: practicing ungodliness, spreading lies about the LORD, leaving the pangs of hungry people unsatisfied, and depriving thirsty people of drink.
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Drunkenness » Leads to » Error
These people also stagger from wine and reel from strong drink. Priests and prophets stagger from strong drink; they're drunk from wine; they reel from strong drink, waver when seeing visions, and stumble when rendering decisions.
Error » Sin's penalty » Abandonment by God
For this reason, God delivered them to sexual impurity as they followed the lusts of their hearts and dishonored their bodies with one another.
"Listen, you descendants of Israel! Come back to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may come back to those of you who have escaped and survived from domination by the kings of Assyria. Don't be like your ancestors and your relatives, who weren't faithful to the LORD God of their ancestors, who, as a result, made them a desolate horror, as you well know.
The Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
When she cried out, "The Philistines are attacking you, Samson!" he woke from his sleep and told himself, "I'll go out like I did at other times like this and shake myself free." But he didn't know that the LORD had abandoned him.
Error » Sin's penalty » Penalty sometimes delayed
Your descendants will return here in the fourth generation, since the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet run its course."
I defer my anger for my name's sake, and as my first act I'm restraining it for you, so as not to cut you off.
who disobeyed long ago in the days of Noah, when God waited patiently while the ark was being built. In it a few, that is, eight persons, were saved by water.
"Have you noticed that Ahab has humbled himself in my presence? Because he has humbled himself in my presence, I will not bring his evil to harvest during his lifetime, but I will bring evil to his household during his son's lifetime."
I'm not going to do this during your lifetime, for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of your son's control.
Error » Sin's penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
Just as sin entered the world through one man, and death resulted from sin, therefore everyone dies, because everyone has sinned.
You will eat food by the sweat of your brow until you're buried in the ground, because you were taken from it. You're made from dust and you'll return to dust."
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in union with the Messiah Jesus our Lord.
but you are not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because you will certainly die during the day that you eat from it."
Both of you acted unfaithfully against me among the Israelis at Meribah-kadesh in the desert of Zin, when you failed to uphold my holiness among the Israelis.
Error » Known to God » Loved by men
then how much less is one who is abhorred and corrupted, such as a man who drinks injustice like water?"
Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth, though he conceals it under his tongue,
"How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope;
Error » Definition of » Sin deceptive
and it was not Adam who was deceived. It was the woman who was deceived and became disobedient,
After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.
The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. By these signs the false prophet had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshipped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,
Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,
Error » Definition of » To be forsaken
Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,
Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.
Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires,
In union with him you were also circumcised with a circumcision performed without human hands by stripping off the corrupt nature by the circumcision performed by the Messiah.
Whoever hides his transgressions will not succeed, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.
Error » Known to God » Hateful to God
So he told them, "You try to justify yourselves in front of people, but God knows your hearts, because what is highly valued by people is detestable to God.
for anyone who does these things anyone who deals dishonestly is detestable to the LORD your God."
When her mourning period was completed, David sent for her, brought her to his palace, and she became his wife. Later on, she bore him a son.
Indeed, you aren't a God who delights in wickedness; evil will never dwell with you.
Error » Definition of » Despised by saints
I will not even think about doing anything lawless; I hate to do evil deeds; I will have none of it.
and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man who was greatly distressed by the immoral conduct of lawless people
I obtain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. Nun
I despise the double-minded, but I love your instruction.
Error » Definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
You are not to bow down to them in worship or serve them, because I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the guilt of parents on children, to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
and your children will wander throughout the wilderness for 40 years. They'll bear the consequences of your idolatries until your bodies are entirely consumed in the wilderness.
Indeed, the LORD loves justice, and he will not abandon his godly ones. They are kept safe forever, but the lawless will be chased away, and the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.
you will not be united with them in burial, for you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. People will never mention the descendants of those who practice evil again!
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Error » Known to God » Allurements of
When the woman saw that the tree produced good food, was attractive in appearance, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate some, too.
By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.
I noticed among the war spoils a beautiful mantle from Shinar, 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels. Because I wanted them, I took them, and they're buried in the ground inside my tent. The silver is underneath."
There is a pathway that seems right to a man, but in the end it's a road to death.
"Stolen waters are sweet, and food eaten in secret is delicious."
Error » Definition of » Forbidden
My little children, I'm writing these things to you so that you might not sin. Yet if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father Jesus, the Messiah, one who is righteous.
"Wash yourselves, and make yourselves clean; remove your evil behavior from my presence; stop practicing what is evil.
Later on, Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, "Look! You have become well. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."
"No one, sir," she replied. Then Jesus said, "I don't condemn you, either. Go home, and from now on don't sin anymore."
Error » Sin's penalty » Separation from God
Instead, your iniquities have been barriers between you and your God, and your sins have concealed his face from you so that he won't listen.
Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey, but I won't go up among you, because you are an obstinate people, and otherwise I might consume you along the way."
Israel has sinned. They broke my covenant that I commanded them by taking some of the things that had been turned over to destruction. They have stolen, have been deceitful, and have stored what they stole among their own belongings. The Israelis have been unable to stand before their enemies. They're turning their backs and running from their enemies because they themselves have been turned over to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy these things that have been turned over to destruction.
Were I to cherish iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not listen to me.
There is no one who calls on your name or rouses himself to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have given us into the control of our iniquity.
Error » Sins » Our deliverance from, through Christ
For I passed on to you the most important points that I received: The Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
and from Jesus the Messiah, the witness, the faithful one, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
He gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father.
"He himself bore our sins" in his body on the tree, so that we might die to those sins and live righteously. "By his wounds you have been healed."
It is he who is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world's.
Error » Sins » Of ignorance
But the servant who did things that deserved a beating without knowing it will receive a light beating. Much will be required from everyone to whom much has been given. But even more will be demanded from the one to whom much has been entrusted."
In the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. But I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief,
"Speak to the Israelis and tell them that if a person inadvertently sins with respect to any of the LORD's commands that should not be violated, but nevertheless he disobeys one of them,
"If a person sins and does what the LORD commanded is not to be done, and if he didn't know that he had sinned, then he will be guilty nevertheless.
"And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance like your leaders.
Error » Definition of » Forgiven
But he, being merciful, forgave their iniquity and didn't destroy them; He restrained his anger and didn't vent all his wrath.
Even when you were dead because of your offenses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with him when he forgave us all of our offenses,
You took away the iniquity of your people, forgiving all their sins Interlude
Error » Sins » Of omission
"How terrible it will be for you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your mint, dill, and cummin, but have neglected the more important matters of the Law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.
That servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.
Then he will say to them, "I tell all of you with certainty, since you didn't do it for one of the least important of these, you didn't do it for me.'
"How terrible it will be for you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, spices, and every kind of herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. These are the things you should have practiced, without neglecting the others.
Error » Definition of » Origin of
When the woman saw that the tree produced good food, was attractive in appearance, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate some, too.
It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.
When that desire becomes pregnant, it gives birth to sin; and when that sin grows up, it gives birth to death.
Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don't they?
Error » Definition of » Inexcusable
Therefore, you have no excuse every one of you who judges. For when you pass judgment on another person, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, practice the very same things.
"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.
For since the creation of the world God's invisible attributes his eternal power and divine nature have been understood and observed by what he made, so that people are without excuse.
Error » Definition of » Contempt for others
Whoever despises his neighbor sins, but whoever shows kindness to the poor will be happy.
Error » Definition of » Vain talk
Transgression is at work where people talk too much, but anyone who holds his tongue is prudent.
Error » Definition of » Foolish thoughts
Error » Definition of » Unbelief
But the person who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not act in faith; and anything that is not done in faith is sin.
Error » Definition of » All unrighteousness
Every kind of wrongdoing is sin, yet there are sins that do not lead to death.
Error » Definition of » Transgression of the law
Everyone who keeps living in sin also practices disobedience. In fact, sin is disobedience.
Error » Definition of » Neglect of opportunity
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Error
Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power,