2 Timothy 4:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;

Cross References

1 Kings 18:22

Then Elijah said to the people, I, even I, am the only living prophet of the Lord; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

1 Kings 22:18

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good but of evil?

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man by whom we may get directions from the Lord, Micaiah, son of Imlah; but I have no love for him, for he is a prophet of evil to me and not of good. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Exodus 32:33

And the Lord said to Moses, Whoever has done evil against me will be taken out of my book.

Isaiah 28:12

To whom he said, This is the rest, give rest to him who is tired; and by this you may get new strength; but they would not give ear.

Isaiah 30:10

Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

Jeremiah 27:9

And you are not to give attention to your prophets or your readers of signs or your dreamers or those who see into the future or those who make use of secret arts, who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon:

Jeremiah 29:8

For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: Do not let yourselves be tricked by the prophets who are among you, and the readers of signs, and give no attention to their dreams which they may have;

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?

Micah 2:11

If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.

Luke 20:19

And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

Luke 6:26

Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

John 8:45

But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.

1 Corinthians 2:1

And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

1 Corinthians 2:4

And in my preaching there were no honeyed words of wisdom, but I was dependent on the power of the Spirit to make it clear to you:

Galatians 4:16

So then am I no longer your friend, because I give you true words?

1 Timothy 1:10

For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,

2 Timothy 1:13

Keep the form of those true words which you had from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Jude 1:18

How they said to you, In the last days there will be men who, guided by their evil desires, will make sport of holy things.