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

⁴ 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

⁴ and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

Common English Bible

⁴ They will turn their back on the truth and turn to myths.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ 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

⁴ 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.