Romans 16:18

Tree of Life Version

For such people do not serve our Lord the Messiah, but only their own belly. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:6

So Absalom kept doing this to everyone of Israel who came to the king for judgment. Thus Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel.

2 Chronicles 18:5

So the king of Israel assembled the prophets—400 men—and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I hold off?” They answered, “Go up, for God will give it into the king’s hand!”

Psalm 119:130

The unfolding of Your words gives light, giving understanding to the simple.

Psalm 12:2

Help, Adonai! For no one godly exists. For the faithful have vanished from the children of men.

Psalm 19:7

It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other end. Nothing is hidden from its heat.

Proverbs 14:15

The naïve believes every word, but the shrewd discerns his steps.

Proverbs 22:3

A crafty person sees danger and hides, but the naïve keep going and suffer for it.

Proverbs 8:5

O naïve ones, learn prudence! Fools, gain understanding!

Jeremiah 23:17

They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘Adonai has said, you will have shalom.’ To everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart they say: ‘No evil will come on you.’”

Ezekiel 13:16

the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem and see visions of shalom for her, when there is no shalom.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and crumbs of bread, to kill those who should not die and to save those who should not live, by lying to My people, who listen to lies.’”

Daniel 11:34

When they stumble, they will receive a little help, but many will join them deceitfully.

Micah 3:5

Thus said Adonai about the prophets who are misleading My people, those who bite with their teeth and cry “Shalom”—a word that He did not put in their mouth— yet they consecrate war against him:

Malachi 1:10

“If just one of you would shut the doors, and not light My altar uselessly! I have no delight in you,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. “Nor will I accept any offering from your hand.

Matthew 24:11

Many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.

Matthew 24:24

For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and show great signs and wonders so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stick by one and look down on the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

Matthew 7:15

“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

John 12:26

If any man serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there also will My servant be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

Romans 14:18

For the one who serves Messiah in this manner is pleasing to God and approved by men.

Romans 16:19

Your obedience has become known to all, so I rejoice over you—but I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds might be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion and purity to the Messiah.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like many, peddling the word of God. Rather, in Messiah we speak in the sight of God with sincerity, as persons sent from God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we renounced the hidden shameful ways—not walking in deception or distorting the word of God, but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by the open proclamation of the truth.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now trying to win people’s approval, or God’s? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Messiah.

Philippians 2:21

for all seek after their own interests, not those of Messiah Yeshua.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction—their god is their belly and their glory is in their shame. They set their minds on earthly things.)

Colossians 2:4

I am telling you this so that no one will deceive you with persuasive-sounding arguments.

Colossians 3:24

For you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as a reward. It is to the Lord Messiah you are giving service.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with every kind of wicked deception toward those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth so as to be saved.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction between people corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.

James 1:1

Jacob, a slave of God and of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, To the twelve tribes in the Diaspora: Shalom!

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.

Jude 1:1

Judah, a slave of Yeshua the Messiah and brother of Jacob, To those who are called, who are loved in God the Father, and kept safe for Yeshua the Messiah:

Jude 1:12

These people are hidden rocky reefs at your love feasts—shamelessly feasting with you, tending only to themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, doubly dead, uprooted;

Jude 1:16

These are bellyaching grumblers, following after their own desires. Their mouth speaks grandiose things, showing favoritism for the sake of gain.

Revelation 1:1

The revelation of Yeshua the Messiah, which God gave Him to show to His servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

1 Samuel 2:29

Why do you kick at My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling, and honor your sons above Me, by fattening yourselves with the choicest of every offering of Israel My people?