8 Bible Verses about False Doctrines

And by covetousness with feigned words shall trade in you: to whom judgment since a long while is not inactive, and their perdition sleeps not.

And also were there false prophets among the people, as also among you shall be false teachers, who shall privately bring in doctrines of perdition, and denying the master having purchased them, having brought upon themselves swift destruction.

For this, night to you from a vision, and darkness to you from divining; and the sun went down upon the prophets, and the day was dark upon them. And they seeing were ashamed, and they divining were disgraced, and they covered over their lip, all of them; for no answer of God.

See ye lest any be carrying you off by philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.

That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit;

O Timothy, watch that which holds firm, turning aside from profane, idle talk, and oppositions of knowledge, bearing a false name:

Neither hold to fictions and endless genealogies, which offer questions, rather than the arrangement of God in the faith:

For thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, Your prophets in the midst of you shall not deceive to you, and your diviners and you shall not hear to your dreams which ye dream.

Thus said Jehovah of armies, Ye shall not hear to the words of the prophets prophesying to you; they making you vain: they will speak the vision of their heart, not from the mouth of Jehovah.

And by covetousness with feigned words shall trade in you: to whom judgment since a long while is not inactive, and their perdition sleeps not.

Who must be restrained, who subvert whole houses, teaching what they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain.

With various and strange teachings be not carried about. For good the heart be rendered firm by grace; not by food, in which they having walked about were not profited.

And foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes, and conflicts pertaining to the law, avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain.

To the law and to the testimony if they will not speak according to this word, because no morning is in them.

Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they are of God: for many false prophets have come out into the world.

And for this, God shall send them the energy of error, for them to believe in falsehood:

For such the falsely sent, crafty workers, being transformed into the sent of Christ.

And likewise indeed these dreaming truly defile the flesh, and despise dominion, and defame glories.

For certain men entered in by stealth, long ago written of beforehand for judgment, irreligious, having changed the grace of our God into licentiousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

But I have a few things against thee, for thou hast there them holding the teaching of Balsam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication. So also hast thou them holding the teaching of the Nicolaitanes, which I hate.

If any teach otherwise, and come not up to the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to devotion; He has been proud, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, of which is envy, strife, slanders, evil conjectures,

I wonder that so quickly are ye transferred from him having called you by the grace of Christ to another good news: Which is not another; except some are troubling you, and wishing to pervert the good news of Christ.

And I beseech you, brethren, to observe narrowly them having made divisions and scandals against the teaching which ye learned; and bend away from them. For such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by specious language and praise completely deceive the hearts of the innocent.

But also if we, or a messenger from heaven, announce good news to you, more than what: we have announced to you, let him be anathema. As we said before, also now say I again, If any announce to you good news above what ye received, let him be anathema.

For the time will be when they will not hear sound doctrine; but according to their own eager desires they will heap up to themselves teachers, feeling itchings for a report; And truly from the truth will they turn away the hearing, and be turned aside to fictions.

Who concerning the truth missed their aim, saying the rising up has already been; and they subvert the faith of some.

And as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so also these have withstood the truth: men corrupted in mind, not tried concerning the faith.

But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest to all, as theirs also was.

And the Spirit says expressly, that in later times some shall be removed from the faith, holding to deceitful spirits, and doctrines of evil spirits;

For many shall come upon my name, saying, I am Christ; and deceive many.

(And many shall follow their licentiousness; by whom the way of truth shall be defamed.)

If there come any to you, and bring not this teaching, receive ye him not into the household, and to rejoice tell him not:

(And many shall follow their licentiousness; by whom the way of truth shall be defamed.)

For I know this, that there shall come in after my departure grievous wolves to you, not sparing the flock.

And of yourselves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to tear away disciples after them.