2 Timothy 4:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions.

American Standard Version (1901)

and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

Common English Bible

They will turn their back on the truth and turn to myths.

Catholic Public Domain Version

and certainly, they will turn their hearing away from the truth, and they will be turned toward fables.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables.

2 Timothy 4:4 Cross References

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Isaiah 30:10

which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Matthew 13:15

for this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Acts 7:57

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

2 Thessalonians 2:11

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

1 Timothy 1:4

neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

1 Timothy 4:7

But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

1 Timothy 6:20

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

2 Timothy 1:15

This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygel´lus and Hermog´enes.

Titus 1:14

not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

Hebrews 13:25

Grace be with you all. Amen.

2 Peter 1:16

For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.