BLB Mat 7

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Mat 7:15 — Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Beware		Mat 10:17; Mat 16:6,11; Mar 12:38; Luk 12:15; Act 13:40; Phl 3:2; Col 2:8; 2Pe 3:17
false		Mat 24:4,5,11,24,25; Deu 13:1-3; Isa 9:15,16; Jer 14:14-16; Jer 23:13-16; Jer 28:15-17; Jer 29:21,32; Eze 13:16,22; Mic 3:5-7,11; Mar 13:22,23; 2Pe 2:1-3; 1Jo 4:1; Rev 19:20
which		Zec 13:4; Mar 12:38-40; Rom 16:17,18; 2Cr 11:13-15; Gal 2:4; Eph 4:14; Eph 5:6; Col 2:8; 1Ti 4:1-3; 2Ti 3:5-9,13; 2Ti 4:3; 2Pe 2:1-3,18,19; Jud 1:4; Rev 13:11-17
are		Isa 56:10,11; Eze 22:25; Mic 3:5; Zep 3:3,4; Act 20:29-31; Rev 17:6

Correlating Passages

Beware

	Mat 10:17	But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
	Mat 16:6	Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
	Mat 16:11	How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
	Mar 12:38	And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and [love] salutations in the marketplaces,
	Luk 12:15	And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
	Act 13:40	Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
	Phl 3:2	Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
	Col 2:8	Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
	2Pe 3:17	Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know [these things] before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

false

	Mat 24:4	And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
	Mat 24:5	For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
	Mat 24:11	And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
	Mat 24:24	For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
	Mat 24:25	Behold, I have told you before.
	Deu 13:1	If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
	Deu 13:2	And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
	Deu 13:3	Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
	Isa 9:15	The ancient and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.
	Isa 9:16	For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err; and [they that are] led of them [are] destroyed.
	Jer 14:14	Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
	Jer 14:15	Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
	Jer 14:16	And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
	Jer 23:13	And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
	Jer 23:14	I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
	Jer 23:15	Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
	Jer 23:16	Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, [and] not out of the mouth of the LORD.
	Jer 28:15	Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
	Jer 28:16	Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.
	Jer 28:17	So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
	Jer 29:21	Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
	Jer 29:32	Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
	Eze 13:16	[To wit], the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and [there is] no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
	Eze 13:22	Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
	Mic 3:5	Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
	Mic 3:6	Therefore night [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
	Mic 3:7	Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for [there is] no answer of God.
	Mic 3:11	The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
	Mar 13:22	For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if [it were] possible, even the elect.
	Mar 13:23	But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
	2Pe 2:1	But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
	2Pe 2:2	And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
	2Pe 2:3	And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
	1Jo 4:1	Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
	Rev 19:20	And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

which

	Zec 13:4	And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
	Mar 12:38	And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and [love] salutations in the marketplaces,
	Mar 12:39	And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
	Mar 12:40	Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
	Rom 16:17	Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
	Rom 16:18	For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
	2Cr 11:13	For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
	2Cr 11:14	And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
	2Cr 11:15	Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
	Gal 2:4	And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
	Eph 4:14	That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
	Eph 5:6	Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
	Col 2:8