4 Bible Verses about False Prophets

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Matthew 7:15-16

"Beware of the false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they are ravening wolves. "By their fruits you will know them. Are grapes gathered of thorns, or figs of 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

1 John 4:1-3

Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets are gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God; every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit which confesses him not, is not from God. And this is that spirit of Antichrist of which you have heard that it is coming, and that 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

They had John Mark as an assistant; and after going through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain Jewish sorcerer and false prophet, named 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

But I have this against you, that you are tolerating that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she is teaching and leading my slaves astray, leading them to practise immorality, 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 shall speak well of you! For even so did their fathers 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

But I have this against you, that you are tolerating that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she is teaching and leading my slaves astray, leading them to practise immorality, and to eat food which has been sacrificed to idols.

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