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  • Matthew 24:23-24
    “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
     
  • John 8:44
    You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
     
  • Revelation 12:9
    So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
     
  • Matthew 24:3-8
    Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?" And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for allthese things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.
     
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3
    Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
     
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
    The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,
     
  • Revelation 13:13-14
    He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.
     
  • Exodus 20:16
    "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

     
  • 2 Corinthians 11:3-4
    But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!
     
  • 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
    For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
     
  • 1 John 4:6
    We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
     
  • Jeremiah 9:3-6
    “ And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies.
    They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
    For they proceed from evil to evil,
    And they do not know Me,” says the LORD.
    “ Everyone take heed to his neighbor,
    And do not trust any brother;
    For every brother will utterly supplant,
    And every neighbor will walk with slanderers.
    Everyone will deceive his neighbor,
    And will not speak the truth;
    They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
    They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
    Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit;
    Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the LORD.
     
  • Matthew 24:11-13
    Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
     
  • Ephesians 2:2-3
    in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
     
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:21
    Test all things; hold fast what is good.
     
  • Hebrews 3:13
    but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
     
  • Genesis 3:4
    Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.
     
  • Deuteronomy 13:1-5
    "If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, "Let us go after other gods"—which you have not known—"and let us serve them," you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him. But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage, to entice you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall put away the evil from your midst.
     
  • Proverbs 14:15
    The simple believes every word,
    But the prudent considers well his steps.

     
  • Isaiah 5:20
    Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
    Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
    Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

     
  • Isaiah 8:20
    To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
     
  • Isaiah 59:3-4
    For your hands are defiled with blood,
    And your fingers with iniquity;
    Your lips have spoken lies,
    Your tongue has muttered perversity.
    No one calls for justice,
    Nor does any plead for truth.
    They trust in empty words and speak lies;
    They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.

     
  • Matthew 7:15
    "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
     
  • 2 Corinthians 4:2
    But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
     
  • Ephesians 4:14
    that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
     
  • 1 John 4:20
    If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
     
  • 2 John 1:7
    For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
     
  • Proverbs 14:8
    The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way,
    But the folly of fools is deceit.

     
  • Proverbs 26:18-19
    Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
    Is the man who deceives his neighbor,
    And says, “I was only joking!”

     
  • Proverbs 26:23-26
    Fervent lips with a wicked heart
    Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.
    He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
    And lays up deceit within himself;
    When he speaks kindly, do not believe him,
    For there are seven abominations in his heart;
    Though his hatred is covered by deceit,
    His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.

     
  • Proverbs 26:28
    A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,
    And a flattering mouth works ruin.
     
  • Jeremiah 5:27
    As a cage is full of birds,
    So their houses are full of deceit.
    Therefore they have become great and grown rich.

     
  • Mark 13:22
    For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
     
  • Romans 16:17-18
    Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.
     
  • 1 Corinthians 3:18
    Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
     
  • Ephesians 5:6
    Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
     
  • 1 John 1:8
    If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
     
  • 1 John 2:26
    These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you.
     
  • Revelation 19:20
    Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
     


Related Scriptures

  • Jeremiah 17:9
    " The heart is deceitful above all things,
    And desperately wicked;
    Who can know it?

     
  • 1 John 4:1
    Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
     
  • Matthew 7:16
    You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
     
  • Ephesians 6:12
    For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
     
  • John 8:32
    And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
     
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:12
    that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
     
  • Psalm 15:1-3
    LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle?
    Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly,
    And works righteousness,
    And speaks the truth in his heart;
    He who does not backbite with his tongue,
    Nor does evil to his neighbor,
    Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;

     
  • Proverbs 4:23
    Keep your heart with all diligence,
    For out of it spring the issues of life.

     
  • Jeremiah 9:2
    Oh, that I had in the wilderness
    A lodging place for travelers;
    That I might leave my people,
    And go from them!
    For they are all adulterers,
    An assembly of treacherous men.

     
  • Acts 17:11
    These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
     
  • Romans 1:21
    because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
     
  • 1 Corinthians 10:12
    Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
     
  • Galatians 6:7
    Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
     
  • Ephesians 4:22
    that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
     
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:4
    who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
     
  • Hebrews 6:18
    that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.
     
  • Jude 1:3
    Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
     
  • Deuteronomy 12:32
    "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.

     
  • John 1:47
    Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"