Matthew 7:15

Beware false prophets who look harmless but are inwardly destructive. Deceivers can wear a convincing disguise of godliness.

Cross-references · 40

• 1 Jn 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
• 2 Pet 2:1–3Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
• Matt 24:11and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
• Mark 13:22–23For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
• Acts 20:29–31I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
• Deut 13:1–3If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
• Col 2:8See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
• 2 Cor 11:13–15For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
• Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
• Rev 19:20But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
• Mic 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
• Mic 3:5–7This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
• 2 Pet 3:17Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
• Rom 16:17–18Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
• 2 Tim 3:5–9having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
• Matt 24:24–25For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
• Luke 6:26Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.
• Jer 14:14–16“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
• Rev 13:11–17Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
• 2 Tim 3:13while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• Isa 56:10–11Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
• Jer 23:13–16“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
• Gal 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
• Eph 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
• Jer 28:15–17Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
• 1 Tim 4:1–3Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
• 2 Tim 4:3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
• Jer 29:32this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
• Mark 12:38–40In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces,
• Isa 9:15–16The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
• Jer 29:21This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
• Phil 3:2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
• Ezek 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
• Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
• Matt 16:6“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
• Zeph 3:3–4Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
• Matt 24:4–5Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
• Acts 13:40Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:
• Ezek 22:25The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.
• Ezek 13:22Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

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