15 Bible Verses about Strong Delusion

Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight."

If a man should go about and utter wind and lies, saying, "I will preach to you of wine and strong drink," he would be the preacher for this people!

And the LORD said to him, 'By what means?' And he said, 'I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And he said, 'You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.'

He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

"See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!"

With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

that I may lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, who are all estranged from me through their idols.

You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me."

"I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

But the LORDhardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.

while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis are deluded; those who are the cornerstones of her tribes have made Egypt stagger.