4 Bible Verses about False Prophets

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Matthew 7:15-16

"Look out for false prophets, who come to you under the guise of sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves. You must recognize them by their fruits. People do not pick grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles, do they?

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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

Dearly beloved, stop believing every so-called spiritual utterance, but keep testing them to see whether they come from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. In this way you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spiritual utterance which owns that Jesus Christ has come in human form comes from God, and no spiritual utterance which disowns Jesus can come from God; it is the utterance of Antichrist. You have heard that it is coming, and right now it is already in the world.

False prophets » Not sent or commissioned by God

False prophets » Often practised divination and witchcraft

Acts 13:6

Then they went through the whole island as far as Paphos, and there they found a Jewish magician and false prophet whose name was Barjesus.

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

But I hold it against you that you are tolerating that Jezebel of a woman who claims to be a prophetess, and by her teaching is misleading my slaves to practice immorality and to eat meat that 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

A curse on you when everyone speaks well of you, for this is the way their forefathers used to treat 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

But I hold it against you that you are tolerating that Jezebel of a woman who claims to be a prophetess, and by her teaching is misleading my slaves to practice immorality and to eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols.

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