1 Timothy 4:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Those teachings come through people who tell lies and trick others. These evil people cannot see what is right and what is wrong. It is like their conscience has been destroyed with a hot iron.

Cross References

Ephesians 4:19

They have lost their feeling of shame and use their lives to do what is morally wrong. More and more they want to do all kinds of evil.

Romans 16:18

People like that are not serving our Lord Christ. They are only pleasing themselves. They use fancy talk and say nice things to fool those who don’t know about evil.

Acts 20:30

Also, men from your own group will begin to teach things that are wrong. They will lead some of the Lord’s followers away from the truth to follow them.

Revelation 16:14

These evil spirits are the spirits of demons. They have power to do miracles. They go out to the rulers of the whole world to gather them for battle on the great day of God All-Powerful.

2 Timothy 3:5

They will go on pretending to be devoted to God, but they will refuse to let that “devotion” change the way they live. Stay away from these people!

Romans 1:28

People did not think it was important to have a true knowledge of God. So God left them and allowed them to have their own worthless thinking. And so they do what they should not do.

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will come and do great miracles and wonders, trying to fool the people God has chosen, if that is possible.

Matthew 7:15

“Be careful of false prophets. They come to you and look gentle like sheep. But they are really dangerous like wolves.

Ephesians 4:14

Then we will no longer be like babies. We will not be people who are always changing like a ship that the waves carry one way and then another. We will not be influenced by every new teaching we hear from people who are trying to deceive us—those who make clever plans and use every kind of trick to fool others into following the wrong way.

Jeremiah 23:32

I am against the false prophets who tell false dreams.” This message is from the Lord. “They mislead my people with their lies and false teachings. I did not send them to teach the people. I never commanded them to do anything for me. They cannot help the people of Judah at all.” This message is from the Lord.

1 Kings 22:22

The spirit answered, ‘I will go to Ahab’s prophets and cause them to tell lies.’ So the Lord said, ‘Yes, that will fool Ahab. Go out and do that.’

1 Kings 13:18

The old prophet lied to him and said, “But I am a prophet like you. And an angel from the Lord came to me and told me to bring you home and give you something to eat and drink.”

Jeremiah 23:14

I have even seen the prophets of Jerusalem doing sinful things. They are committing adultery and living a life of lies. They support their fellow prophets and never stop doing evil. They have become like Sodom; they are all like Gomorrah.”

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this message, you foolish people who have no sense. You have eyes, but you don’t see! You have ears, but you don’t listen!

Isaiah 9:15

(The head means the elders and important leaders. The tail means the prophets who told lies.)

Jeremiah 23:26

How long will this continue? They think up lies and then they teach them to the people.