4 Bible Verses about False Prophets

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Matthew 7:15-16

Beware of false prophets; they come to you with the garb of sheep but at heart they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruit; do men gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles? No,

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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

1 John 4:1-3

Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see if they come from God; for many false prophets have emerged in the world. You can recognize the Spirit of God by this: every spirit which confesses Jesus as the Christ incarnate comes from God, and every spirit which does not confess Jesus [incarnate] does not come from God. This latter is the spirit of antichrist; you were told it was coming, and here it is already in the world.

False prophets » Not sent or commissioned by God

False prophets » Often practised divination and witchcraft

Acts 13:6

They covered the whole island as far as Paphos, where they fell in with a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet called 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

Revelation 2:20

Still I have this against you: you are tolerating that Jezebel of a woman who styles herself a prophetess and seduces my servants by teaching them to give way to sexual vice and to eat food which has been sacrificed to idols.

False prophets » Predicted to arise » Before destruction of jerusalem

False prophets » The people » Led into error by

False prophets » The people » Encouraged and praised

Luke 6:26

Woe to you when all men speak well of you! that is just what their fathers did to 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

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

False prophets » Described as » Drunken

False prophets » Described as » Covetous

Women » False prophets

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Revelation 2:20

Still I have this against you: you are tolerating that Jezebel of a woman who styles herself a prophetess and seduces my servants by teaching them to give way to sexual vice and to eat food which has been sacrificed to idols.

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