1 John 4:1

Modern King James Version

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but try the spirits to see if they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:18

And he said to him, I am a prophet also as you are. And an angel spoke to me by the Word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied to him.

Proverbs 14:15

The simple believes every word, but the wise man watches his step.

Jeremiah 14:14

And Jehovah said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I did not send them, nor have I commanded them, nor did I speak to them. They prophesy to you a false vision and a worthless divination, and a thing of no value, 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 from their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so, and what will you do at the end of it?

Mark 13:21

And then if anyone shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ! Or, lo, there! Do not believe him.

Luke 12:57

And why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?

Luke 21:8

And He said, Take heed that you are not deceived, for many shall come in My name, saying, I AM! Also, The time has come! Do not go after them.

Acts 17:11

And these were more noble than those of Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind and searched the Scriptures daily to see if those things were so.

Acts 20:29

For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

1 Corinthians 12:10

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

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 prophesying.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Prove all things, hold fast to the good.

2 Thessalonians 2:2

that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is at hand.

1 Timothy 4:1

But the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil men and seducers will go forward to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

2 Peter 2:1

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

1 John 2:18

Little children, it is the last time. And just as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have risen up, from which we know that it is the 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 have heard from the beginning.

2 John 1:7

For many deceivers have entered into the world, who do not confess Jesus Christ coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the anti-christ.

3 John 1:11

Beloved, do not imitate the bad, but the good. He who does good is from God, but he who does evil has not seen God.

Revelation 2:2

I know your works and your labor and your patience, and how you cannot bear those who are evil. And you tried those pretending to be apostles, and are not, and have found them liars.