8 Bible Verses about False Doctrines

And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.

But FALSE prophets also developed among the people, as FALSE teachers will also be among you, who will sneak in pernicious denominations, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

Therefore it shall be night to you, that ye shall have no vision. And it shall be dark to you, that ye shall not divine. And the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them. And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded. Yea, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.

Take heed lest there will be any man taking you captive through the love of wisdom and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ.

So that we may no longer be childish, tossed about and carried about by every wind of doctrine by the trickery of men in craftiness with the methodology of error.

O Timothy, keep the entrustment, avoiding the profane babblings and objections of the falsely-called knowledge,

nor to heed myths and endless genealogies, which cause controversies rather than stewardship of God in faith.

For thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets who are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you, nor hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

Thus says LORD of hosts: Hearken not to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of LORD.

And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.

who must be muzzled, men who subvert whole houses, teaching things that they ought not, for sake of ugly profit.

Be not carried away by various and foreign doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods by which those who walked were not benefited.

But avoid foolish questionings, and genealogies, and contentions, and legal fightings, for they are useless and vain.

[Seek] to the law and to the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but examine the spirits, whether they are of God, because many FALSE prophets have gone out into the world.

And because of this God will send them the force of a delusion, for them to believe a lie,

For such men are FALSE apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves into apostles of Christ.

Nevertheless in the same way also these men who dream, indeed defile flesh, and reject lordship, and speak evil of dignities.

For certain men have sneaked in, those written about formerly for this condemnation, irreverent men, perverting the grace of our God into licentiousness, and denying our only Master God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

But I have a few things against thee, because thou have there men who adhere to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a snare before the sons of Israel, even to eat idol sacrifices, and to fornicate. So also thou have men who likewise adhere to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

If any man teaches something different, and does not associate with wholesome words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to piety, he is puffed up, understanding nothing, but doting about disputes and word controversies, from which develop envy, strife, revilings, evil surmisings,

I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him who called you in the grace of Christ to another good-news, which is not another, except there are some who confuse you, and who want to pervert the good-news of the Christ.

Now I beseech you, brothers, watch out for those who make the divisions and the stumbling blocks, contrary to the doctrine that ye learned, and turn away from them. For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.

But even if we, or an agent from heaven, should preach a good-news to you contrary to what we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, I now also say again, if any man preaches a good-news to you contrary to what ye received, let him be accursed.

For there will be time when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but they will accumulate teachers to themselves according to their own desires, who tickle the ear, and will indeed turn the ear away from the truth, and will be turned aside to myths.

men who missed the mark about the truth, saying the resurrection happened already, and they overthrow the faith of some.

And by which way Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also do these oppose the truth. Men corrupted in mind, worthless about the faith.

But they will not advance in much more, for their folly will be evident to all men, as also that of those men came to be.

But the Spirit says expressly that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,

For many will come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and will lead many astray.

And many will follow their wantonness, because of whom the way of the truth will be blasphemed.

If any man comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into a house, and do not speak to him to rejoice.

And many will follow their wantonness, because of whom the way of the truth will be blasphemed.

For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

And from you yourselves men will rise up, speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after them.