2 Timothy 4:3

New American Standard Bible 2020

For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires,

Cross References

1 Kings 18:22

Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left as a prophet of the Lord, while Baal’s prophets are 450 men.

1 Kings 22:18

Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy anything good regarding me, but only bad?”

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy anything good regarding me, but only bad. He is Micaiah the son of Imlah.” But Jehoshaphat said, “May the king not say so.”

Exodus 32:33

However, the Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will wipe him out of My book.

Isaiah 28:12

He who said to them, “This is the place of quiet, give rest to the weary,” And, “This is the resting place,” but they would not listen.

Isaiah 30:10

Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions”; And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy the truth to us. Speak to us pleasant words, Prophesy illusions.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come and let’s devise plans against Jeremiah. Certainly the Law is not going to be lost by the priest, nor advice by the wise, nor the divine word by the prophet! Come, and let’s strike at him with our tongue, and let’s pay no attention to any of his words.”

Jeremiah 27:9

And as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers who talk to you, saying, “You will not serve the king of Babylon.”

Jeremiah 29:8

For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: ‘Do not let your prophets who are in your midst or your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to their interpretations of your dreams which you dream.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it this way! But what will you do when the end comes?

Micah 2:11

“If someone walking after wind and falsehood Had lied and said, ‘I will prophesy to you about wine and liquor,’ He would become a prophet to this people.

Luke 20:19

The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and yet they feared the people; for they were aware that He had spoken this parable against them.

Luke 6:26

Woe to you when all the people speak well of you; for their fathers used to treat the false prophets the same way.

John 8:45

But because I say the truth, you do not believe Me.

Acts 17:21

(Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)

1 Corinthians 2:1

And when I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come as someone superior in speaking ability or wisdom, as I proclaimed to you the testimony of God.

1 Corinthians 2:4

and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

Galatians 4:16

So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

1 Timothy 1:10

for the sexually immoral, homosexuals, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching,

2 Timothy 1:13

Hold on to the example of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

Jude 1:18

that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.”