1 John 4:5

New International Version

They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.

Cross References

Psalm 17:4

Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded.

Jeremiah 29:8

Yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?

Micah 2:11

If a liar and deceiver comes and says, ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’ that would be just the prophet for this people!

Luke 16:8

“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.

John 17:14

I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

John 17:16

They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.

John 3:31

The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all.

John 8:23

But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

Revelation 12:9

The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.