4 Bible Verses about False Prophets
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Beware of false Teachers--men who come to you in the guise of sheep, but at heart they are ravenous wolves. By the fruit of their lives you will know them. Do people gather grapes from thorn bushes, 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
Dear friends, do not trust every inspiration, but test each inspiration, to see whether it proceeds from God; because many false Prophets have gone out into the world. This is the way by which to know the inspiration of God--All inspiration that acknowledges Jesus Christ as come in our human nature is from God; while all inspiration that does not acknowledge Jesus is not inspiration from God. It is the inspiration of the Anti-Christ; you have heard that it was to come, and it is now already in the world.
False prophets » Not sent or commissioned by God
False prophets » Often practised divination and witchcraft
After passing through the whole island, they reached Paphos, where they found an astrologer who pretended to be a Prophet--a Jew by birth, whose name was Barjoshua.
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 this against you--You tolerate the woman Jezebel, who declares that she is a Prophetess, and misleads my servants by her teaching, till they commit licentious acts and eat idol-offerings.
False prophets » Predicted to arise » Before destruction of jerusalem
For false Christs and false Prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God's People would be led astray.
False prophets » The people » Led into error by
False prophets » The people » Encouraged and praised
Alas for you when all men speak well of you; for this is what their ancestors 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
Beware of false Teachers--men who come to you in the guise of sheep, but at heart they are ravenous 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 also in the nation, just as there will be false teachers among you, men who will secretly introduce ruinous divisions, disowning even the Lord who bought them, and bringing speedy Ruin upon themselves.
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 this against you--You tolerate the woman Jezebel, who declares that she is a Prophetess, and misleads my servants by her teaching, till they commit licentious acts and eat idol-offerings.
