He said to him, I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied to him.
Matthew 7:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) *Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening 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 also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied to him.
Thus says the LORD of Armies, the God of Yisra'el, concerning Ach'av the son of Kolayah, and concerning Tzidkiyahu the son of Ma`aseyah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nevukhadnetzar 1 king of Bavel; and he shall kill them before your eyes;
therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will punish Shemayah the Nechelami, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he see the good that I will do to my people, says the LORD, because he has spoken rebellion against the LORD.
[to wit], the prophets of Yisra'el who prophesy concerning Yerushalayim, and who see visions of shalom for her, and there is no shalom, says the Lord GOD.
Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive:
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst of it, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst of it.
Her princes in the midst of it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves to them with flatteries.
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her Kohanim teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money: yet they lean on the LORD, and say, *Isn't the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster will come on us.*
It will happen in that day, that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision, when he prophesies; neither will they wear a hairy mantle to deceive:
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Perushim and Tzedukim.*
Yeshua said to them, *Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Perushim and Tzedukim.*
How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.
He said to them, *Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.*
Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:
When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Yeshua,
This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Messiah Yeshua, that they might bring us into bondage;
that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision.
Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Messiah.
But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;
You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.
I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs;
I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the holy ones, and with the blood of the martyrs of Yeshua. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.
The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.