2 Timothy 4:3

Good News Translation

The time will come when people will not listen to sound doctrine, but will follow their own desires and will collect for themselves more and more teachers who will tell them what they are itching to hear.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:22

Then Elijah said, “I am the only prophet of the Lord still left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

1 Kings 22:18

Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn't I tell you that he never prophesies anything good for me? It's always something bad!”

1 Kings 22:8

Ahab answered, “There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me; it's always something bad.” “You shouldn't say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

Exodus 32:33

The Lord answered, “It is those who have sinned against me whose names I will remove from my book.

Isaiah 28:12

He offered rest and comfort to all of you, but you refused to listen to him.

Isaiah 30:10

They tell the prophets to keep quiet. They say, “Don't talk to us about what's right. Tell us what we want to hear. Let us keep our illusions.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the people said, “Let's do something about Jeremiah! There will always be priests to instruct us, the wise to give us counsel, and prophets to proclaim God's message. Let's bring charges against him and stop listening to what he says.”

Jeremiah 27:9

Do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim they can predict the future, either by dreams or by calling up the spirits of the dead or by magic. They all tell you not to submit to the king of Babylonia.

Jeremiah 29:8

I, the Lord, the God of Israel, warn you not to let yourselves be deceived by the prophets who live among you or by any others who claim they can predict the future. Do not pay any attention to their dreams.

Jeremiah 5:31

prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?”

Micah 2:11

“These people want the kind of prophet who goes around full of lies and deceit and says, ‘I prophesy that wine and liquor will flow for you.’

Luke 20:19

The teachers of the Law and the chief priests tried to arrest Jesus on the spot, because they knew that he had told this parable against them; but they were afraid of the people.

Luke 6:26

“How terrible when all people speak well of you; their ancestors said the very same things about the false prophets.

John 8:45

But I tell the truth, and that is why you do not believe me.

Acts 17:21

For all the citizens of Athens and the foreigners who lived there liked to spend all their time telling and hearing the latest new thing.)

1 Corinthians 2:1

When I came to you, my friends, to preach God's secret truth, I did not use big words and great learning.

1 Corinthians 2:4

and my teaching and message were not delivered with skillful words of human wisdom, but with convincing proof of the power of God's Spirit.

Galatians 4:16

Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

1 Timothy 1:10

for the immoral, for sexual perverts, for kidnappers, for those who lie and give false testimony or who do anything else contrary to sound doctrine.

2 Timothy 1:13

Hold firmly to the true words that I taught you, as the example for you to follow, and remain in the faith and love that are ours in union with Christ Jesus.

Jude 1:18

They said to you, “When the last days come, people will appear who will make fun of you, people who follow their own godless desires.”