2 Timothy 4:4 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴ and they shall indeed turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to myths.

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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.

2 Timothy 4:4 Cross References

Zechariah 7:11

“But they refused to listen, and they shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears from hearing.

1 Timothy 1:4

nor to pay attention to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than an administration of Elohim which is in belief.

2 Peter 1:16

For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we made known to you the power and coming of our Master יהושע Messiah, but were eye-witnesses of His superbness.

1 Timothy 4:7

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself rather to reverence.

Acts 7:57

And crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one mind,

Titus 1:14

not paying attention to Yehuḏi fables, and commands of men who turn from the truth.

2 Timothy 1:15

You know this, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, among whom are Phugellos and Hermogenes.

1 Timothy 6:20

O Timotiyos! Watch over that which has been entrusted to you, turning aside from the profane and empty babblings and contradictions of the falsely called ‘knowledge,’

Proverbs 1:32

“For the turning away of the simple kills them, And the complacency of fools destroys them.

Hebrews 13:25

Favour be with you all. Amĕn.

Isaiah 30:10

who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right. Speak to us what is smooth, prophesy deceits.

Matthew 13:15

for the heart of this people has become thickened, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their heart, and turn back, and I heal them.’

2 Thessalonians 2:11

And for this reason Elohim sends them a working of delusion, for them to believe the falsehood,