4 Bible Verses about False Prophets
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Take heed then of false prophets, who come to you in the garb of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather a bunch of grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
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Divination » Practised by » False prophets
Dreams » False prophets » Not to be regarded in
Dreams » False prophets » Pretended to
Dreams » False prophets » Condemned for pretending to
Flattery » Exemplified » False prophets
Foxes » Illustrative of » False prophets
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » False prophets
False prophets » The people » Warned not to listen to
False prophets » Judgments denounced against
False prophets » Prophesied » Peace, when there was no peace
False prophets » Mode of trying and detecting
BELOVED, believe not every pretender to inspiration, but bring these spirits to the trial whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone forth into the world. By this ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesseth that Jesus the Messiah is come in the flesh, is from God. And every spirit who confesseth not that Jesus the Messiah is come into the world, is not from God: and this is that spirit of antichrist which ye have heard that it is coming, and now is already in the world.
False prophets » Not sent or commissioned by God
False prophets » Often practised divination and witchcraft
Now as they travelled through the island as far as Paphos, they found a certain person who professed magic, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:
False prophets » Pretended to be sent by God
False prophets » Described as » Immoral and profane
False prophets » Prophesied » Out of their own heart
False prophets » Often pretended to dreams, &c
False prophets » Women sometimes acted as
Yet I have a few things against thee, because thou hast suffered that woman Jezabel, calling herself a prophetess, to teach, and to lead my servants into error, to commit whoredom, and eat the idol sacrifices.
False prophets » Predicted to arise » Before destruction of jerusalem
for false Messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and give out great signs and wonders; so as to deceive, if it were possible, even the elect.
False prophets » The people » Led into error by
False prophets » The people » Encouraged and praised
Wo unto you, when men shall speak well of you! for just so did their fathers of the false prophets.
False prophets » The people » Taught profaneness and sin by
False prophets » Made use of by God to prove israel
False prophets » Influenced by evil spirits
False prophets » Prophesied » Lies in the name of the lord
False prophets » The people » Made to forget God's name by
False prophets » The people » Deprived of God's word by
False prophets » Involved the people in their own ruin
False prophets » Described as » Light and treacherous
False prophets » Prophesied » Falsely
False prophets » The people » Oppressed and defrauded by
False prophets » Compared to wind
False prophets » Described as » Crafty
Take heed then of false prophets, who come to you in the garb of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
False prophets » Prophesied » In the name of false gods
False prophets » Often deceived by God as a judgment
False prophets » Compared to foxes in the desert
False prophets » Called foolish prophets
False prophets » Predicted to arise » In the latter times
BUT there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers also among you, who wickedly introduce damnable heresies, and deny the sovereign Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
False prophets » Described as » Drunken
False prophets » Described as » Covetous
Women » False prophets
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False Prophets, Examples Of
Revelation 2:20Yet I have a few things against thee, because thou hast suffered that woman Jezabel, calling herself a prophetess, to teach, and to lead my servants into error, to commit whoredom, and eat the idol sacrifices.
