4 Bible Verses about False Prophets
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"Beware of the false teachers--men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise they are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will easily recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorns or figs from brambles?
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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 believe every spirit, but put the spirits to the test to see whether they are from God; for many false teachers have gone out into the world. The test by which you may recognize the Spirit of God is that every spirit which acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come as man is from God, and that no spirit is from God which does not acknowledge this about Jesus. Such is the spirit of the anti-Christ; of whose coming you have heard, and it is already in the world.
False prophets » Not sent or commissioned by God
False prophets » Often practised divination and witchcraft
When they had gone through the whole length of the island as far as Paphos, they there met with a Jewish magician and false prophet, Bar-Jesus by name,
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, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and by her teaching leads astray My servants, so that they commit fornication and eat what has been sacrificed to idols.
False prophets » Predicted to arise » Before destruction of jerusalem
For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying wonderful signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, were it possible, even God's own People.
False prophets » The people » Led into error by
False prophets » The people » Encouraged and praised
"Alas for you when men shall all have spoken well of you; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved 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 the false teachers--men who come to you in sheep's fleeces, but beneath that disguise 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 also false prophets among the people, as there will be teachers of falsehood among you also, who will cunningly introduce fatal divisions, disowning even the Sovereign Lord who has redeemed them, and 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 this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and by her teaching leads astray My servants, so that they commit fornication and eat what has been sacrificed to idols.
