He said to him, ‘I am also a prophet like you. An angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord: “Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat food and drink water.” ’ The old prophet deceived him,
Matthew 7:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Be on your guard against false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravaging wolves. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Beware of false prophets, who come to you dressed as sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves. [Ezek. 22:27.] American Standard Version (1901) Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves. Common English Bible “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you dressed like sheep, but inside they are vicious wolves. Catholic Public Domain Version Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. |
He said to him, ‘I am also a prophet like you. An angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord: “Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat food and drink water.” ’ The old prophet deceived him,
This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, the ones prophesying a lie to you in my name: ‘I am about to hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
this is what the Lord says: I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. There will not be even one of his descendants living among these people, nor will any ever see the good that I will bring to my people #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #for he has preached rebellion against the Lord.” ’
those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace.’ This is the declaration of the Lord God.”
Because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (when I intended no distress), and because you have supported the wicked person so that he does not turn from his evil way to save his life,
The conspiracy of her prophets within her is like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her.
‘Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.
When they fall, they will be helped by some, but many others will join them insincerely.
Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practise divination for silver. Yet they lean on the Lord, saying, ‘Isn’t the Lord among us? No disaster will overtake us.’
On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
Beware of them, because they will hand you over to local courts and flog you in their synagogues.
Why is it you don’t understand that when I told you, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees,” it wasn’t about bread? ’
Then Jesus told them, ‘Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’
How narrow is the gate and difficult the road that leads to life, and few find it.
He then told them, ‘Watch out and be on your guard against all greed, because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.’
Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the false prophets.
The hired hand, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.
When they had travelled the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
This matter arose because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus in order to enslave us.
Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.
Watch out for the dogs, watch out for the evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.
Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.
Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.
For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear.
Therefore, dear friends, since you know this in advance, be on your guard, so that you are not led away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own stable position.
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
For some people, who were designated for this judgement long ago, , have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.
Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming from the dragon’s mouth, from the beast’s mouth, and from the mouth of the false prophet.
Then I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was greatly astonished.
But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with it the false prophet, who had performed the signs in its presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshipped its image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur.
The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulphur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.