8 Bible Verses about False Doctrines

and with covetousness they will make a gain of you with feigned words, whose judgment a long time lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

But there were also false prophets among the people, as there shall also be false teachers among you, who shall bring in by stealth destructive heresies, even denying the master that bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction;

See that no one leads you off as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

that we may be no longer children, driven about like waves and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the art of men, and the craftiness of deceitful wiles,

O Timothy, keep the trust, turning away from profane and empty words, and contradictions of mis-named science,

nor attend to myths or interminable genealogies, which occasion disputes rather than a dispensation of God by faith, [do.]

and with covetousness they will make a gain of you with feigned words, whose judgment a long time lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.

whom it is necessary to silence, who mislead whole families, teaching for base gain what they ought not.

Be not carried about with various and strange doctrines; for it is good that the mind should be established with grace, not with aliments, in which those walking are not profited.

But foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes and contentions about the law, avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain.

BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

And therefore, God sends them a power of delusion that they should believe a lie,

For such false apostles, deceitful laborers, transform themselves into apostles of Christ.

In like manner also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject government, and blaspheme glories.

For some men have come in by deception, who were of old appointed to this judgment, impious, changing the grace of our God into lewdness, and denying our only master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

But I have a few things against you; you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put an occasion of sin before the children of Israel, both to eat things offered to idols and to commit fornication. So in like manner you have also those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans.

If any one teaches differently, and consents not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the doctrine which is according to piety, he is blinded and knows nothing, but has a sickly longing for debates and wars of words, from which arise envy, contention, blasphemies, evil suspicions,

I wonder that you have so quickly turned away from him that called you in the grace of Christ to another gospel, which is not another; but there are some who disturb you and wish to subvert the gospel of Christ.

I exhort you, brothers, to observe those that cause dissensions and offenses contrary to the teaching which you learned, and avoid them; for such serve not our anointed Lord, but themselves, And by kind and complimentary words deceive the minds of the simple.

But if we or an angel from heaven preach you another gospel contrary to what we have preached you let him be accursed. As we said before I now also say again, If any one preaches you a gospel contrary to what you have received let him be accursed.

for the time will come when they will not endure sound instruction, but will accumulate for themselves teachers according to their desires, pleasing their ear, and they will turn away their ears from the truth, and be turned to myths.

who have erred from the truth, saying that the resurrection has passed already, and overturn the faith of some.

As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these oppose the truth, men of no judgment, reprobate in respect to the faith.

But they shall proceed no further; for their foolishness shall become manifest to all, as theirs also was.

But the Spirit says expressly, that in the last times some shall apostatize from the faith, attending to lying spirits and doctrines of demons,

for many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and shall deceive many.

and many shall follow their lewdness, on account of whom the way of truth shall be reviled,

If any one comes to you and brings not this doctrine, receive him not into your houses, and salute him not;

and many shall follow their lewdness, on account of whom the way of truth shall be reviled,

For I know that after my departure grievous wolves will come among you, not sparing the flock,

and of yourselves men will arise speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.