1 John 4:1

King James 3 - The Literal Traslation

Beloved ones, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are from God; for many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:18

And he said to him, I also am a prophet like yourself, and an angel spoke to me by the Word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, and he shall eat bread and water (he lied to him).

Proverbs 14:15

One of simplicity believes every word, but the prudent one considers his step.

Jeremiah 14:14

And Jehovah said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I did not send them and I have not commanded them, and not did I speak to them. They are prophesying to you concerning a false vision, and a worthless divination, and the deceit of their heart.

Jeremiah 23:16

So says Jehovah of Hosts, Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you; they make you vain; they speak a vision of their heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 5:31

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their hands; and My people love it so, and what will they do at the end of it?

Mark 13:21

And then if anyone says to you, Behold, here is the Christ! Or, Behold, there! You shall not believe.

Luke 12:57

And why do you not judge the right even of yourselves?

Luke 21:8

And He said, Watch that you not be led astray. For many will come on My name, saying, I am! Also, The time has come! Do not then go after them.

Acts 17:11

And these were more noble than the ones in Thessalonica, who received the Word with all readiness, according to a day examining the Scriptures if these things might have been so.

Acts 20:29

For I know this, that after my departure unsparing wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;

1 Corinthians 12:10

and to another; workings of powers; and to another, prophecy; and to another, discerning of spirits; and to another, kinds of languages; and to another, interpretation of languages.

1 Corinthians 14:29

And if there are two or three prophets, let them speak, and let the others judge.

1 Thessalonians 5:20

Do not despise prophecies.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Test all things, hold fast the good.

2 Thessalonians 2:2

for you not to be quickly shaken in the mind, nor to be disturbed, neither through a spirit, nor through speech, nor through letter, as through us, that the Day of Christ has come.

1 Timothy 4:1

But the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons,

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and imposters will go forward to worse, leading astray and being led astray.

2 Peter 2:1

But there also came to be false prophets among the people, as also among you will be false teachers who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the One having bought them, the Master, bringing swift destruction on themselves.

1 John 2:18

Little children, it is a last hour, and as you heard that the antichrist is coming to be, even now many antichrists have come to be, from which you know that it is a last hour.

1 John 2:7

Brothers, I do not write a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the Word which you heard from the beginning.

2 John 1:7

Because many deceivers entered into the world, those not confessing Jesus Christ to have come in the flesh, this is the deceiver and the antichrist.

3 John 1:11

Beloved one, do not imitate the bad, but the good. The one doing good is of God; but the one doing evil has not seen God.

Revelation 2:2

I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and that you cannot bear evil ones; and you tried the ones pretending to be apostles and are not, and found them to be liars.