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Matt. 7:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Beware of false prophetsm, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are raveningn wolves.

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Deut. 13:1‑3• (Deut. 13:1‑3)

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Jer. 23:13‑16• (Jer. 23:13‑16)

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1 John 4:1• ¹Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)

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Acts 20:29‑31• ²⁹I know that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;
³⁰and from among your own selves shall men arise speaking things perverted to draw the disciples after them.
³¹Wherefore watch, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not admonishing each one night and day with tears. (Acts 20:29‑31)

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Beware.

Matt. 10:17• ¹⁷{i}But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to Sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues;{/i} (Matt. 10:17)

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Matt. 16:6,11• ⁶{i}And Jesus said to them, See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.{/i}
¹¹{i}How do ye not understand that [it was] not concerning bread I said to you, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?{/i} (Matt. 16:6,11)

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Mark 12:38• ³⁸{i}And{/i} he said to them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, love salutations in the market-places, (Mark 12:38)

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Luke 12:15• ¹⁵{i}And{/i} he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions. (Luke 12:15)

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Acts 13:40• ⁴⁰See therefore that what is spoken of in the prophets come not on you. (Acts 13:40)

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Phil. 3:2• ²See to dogs, see to evil workers, see to the concision; (Phil. 3:2)

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Col. 2:8• ⁸See that there shall be no one that leadeth you a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ. (Col. 2:8)

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2 Peter 3:17• ¹⁷Ye therefore, beloved, knowing beforehand, be on your guard lest, led away along with the error of the wicked, ye fall from your own stedfastness. (2 Peter 3:17)

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Matt. 24:4‑5,11,24‑25• ⁴And Jesus answering said to them, See that no one mislead you.
⁵For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ, and they shall mislead many.
¹¹and many false prophets shall arise, and shall mislead many.
²⁴for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.
²⁵Behold, I have told you before. (Matt. 24:4‑5,11,24‑25)

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Deut. 13:1‑3• (Deut. 13:1‑3)

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Isa. 9:15‑16• (Isa. 9:15‑16)

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Jer. 14:14‑16• (Jer. 14:14‑16)

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Jer. 23:13‑16• (Jer. 23:13‑16)

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Jer. 28:15‑17• (Jer. 28:15‑17)

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Jer. 29:21,32• (Jer. 29:21,32)

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Ezek. 13:16,22• (Ezek. 13:16,22)

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Mic. 3:5‑7,11• (Mic. 3:5‑7,11)

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Mark 13:22‑23• ²²for false Christs and false prophets shall arise, and give signs and wonders {i}to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.{/i}
²³{i}But{/i} take ye heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand. (Mark 13:22‑23)

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2 Peter 2:1‑3• ¹But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also false teachers among you, such as shall bring in by-the-bye sects of perdition, denying even the Sovereign Master that bought them, bringing on themselves swift perdition;
²and many shall follow their dissolutenesses; because of whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
³And in covetousness with feigned words, they shall make merchandise of you: for whom judgment from of old is not idle, and their perdition slumbereth not. (2 Peter 2:1‑3)

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1 John 4:1• ¹Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (1 John 4:1)

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Rev. 19:20• ²⁰And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs before him, with which he deceived those that had received the mark of the beast and those that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone. (Rev. 19:20)

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Zech. 13:4• (Zech. 13:4)

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Mark 12:38‑40• ³⁸{i}And{/i} he said to them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, love salutations in the market-places,
³⁹and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;
⁴⁰{i}who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers.{/i} These shall receive severer judgment. (Mark 12:38‑40)

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Rom. 16:17‑18• ¹⁷But I beseech you, brethren, to consider those that make divisions and occasions of stumblingblocks contrary to the doctrine which ye have learnt, and turn away from them.
¹⁸For such as they serve not our Lord [Jesus] Christ, but their own belly, and by kind speaking and fairness of speech deceive the hearts of the harmless. (Rom. 16:17‑18)

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2 Cor. 11:13‑15• ¹³For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ:
¹⁴and no wonder, for Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light:
¹⁵[it is] no great thing then if his servants also transform themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works. (2 Cor. 11:13‑15)

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Gal. 2:4• ⁴and [this] on account of the false brethren brought in stealthily, who came in stealthily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring into bondage, (Gal. 2:4)

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Eph. 4:14• ¹⁴that we may no longer be babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of doctrine in the sleight of men, in craftiness for the scheming of error, (Eph. 4:14)

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Eph. 5:6• ⁶Let no one deceive you by vain words; for on account of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience. (Eph. 5:6)

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Col. 2:8• ⁸See that there shall be no one that leadeth you a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ. (Col. 2:8)

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1 Tim. 4:1‑3• ¹But the Spirit saith expressly that in latter times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
²by hypocrisy of legendmongers, branded in their own conscience,
³forbidding to marry, [bidding] to abstain from meats which God created for reception with thanksgiving by those faithful and fully acquainted with the truth. (1 Tim. 4:1‑3)

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2 Tim. 3:5‑9,13• ⁵having a form of piety, but having denied the power thereof; and from these turn away.
⁶For of these are they that enter into houses and lead captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,
⁷always learning and never able to come unto knowledge of truth.
⁸And in the manner that Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also withstand the truth, men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.
⁹But they shall not advance farther; for their folly shall be very manifest to all, as theirs also became.
¹³But wicked men and impostors shall advance for the worse, deceiving and being deceived. (2 Tim. 3:5‑9,13)

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2 Tim. 4:3• ³For the time will be when they will not endure sound teaching; but according to their own lusts they will heap up to themselves teachers, having an itching ear; (2 Tim. 4:3)

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2 Peter 2:1‑3,18‑19• ¹But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also false teachers among you, such as shall bring in by-the-bye sects of perdition, denying even the Sovereign Master that bought them, bringing on themselves swift perdition;
²and many shall follow their dissolutenesses; because of whom the way of the truth shall be blasphemed.
³And in covetousness with feigned words, they shall make merchandise of you: for whom judgment from of old is not idle, and their perdition slumbereth not.
¹⁸For uttering overswellings of vanity, they allure in lusts of the flesh, by dissolutenesses, those that are just escaping from them that walk in error,
¹⁹promising them liberty while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is worsted, by him is he also held in bondage. (2 Peter 2:1‑3,18‑19)

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Jude 4• ⁴For certain men have crept in unawares. They, who before of old were ordained to this sentence, ungodly men turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness and denying our only Master and Lord Jesus Christ. (Jude 4)

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Rev. 13:11‑17• ¹¹And I saw another beast rising up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
¹²And all the authority of the first beast he exerciseth before him, and causeth the earth and those that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
¹³And he doeth great signs, so that even fire he maketh come down out of the heaven unto the earth before men;
¹⁴and he deceiveth those that dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to do before the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, who hath the wound of the sword and lived.
¹⁵And it was given him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause [that] as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
¹⁶And he causeth all, the little and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that they should give them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead,
¹⁷and that no one may be able to buy or sell, save he that hath the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Rev. 13:11‑17)

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Isa. 56:10‑11• (Isa. 56:10‑11)

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Ezek. 22:25• (Ezek. 22:25)

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Mic. 3:5• (Mic. 3:5)

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Zeph. 3:3‑4• (Zeph. 3:3‑4)

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Acts 20:29‑31• ²⁹I know that after my departure grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;
³⁰and from among your own selves shall men arise speaking things perverted to draw the disciples after them.
³¹Wherefore watch, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not admonishing each one night and day with tears. (Acts 20:29‑31)

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Rev. 17:6• ⁶And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus; and when I saw her, I wondered with great wonder. (Rev. 17:6)

• The sole standard for the believer is the written word of God; and this is the special security in these last days. When Paul was leaving the Ephesian saints, it was "to God and to the word of His grace" that he commended them. Grievous wolves might enter in among them, not sparing the flock; and of their own selves men might arise, speaking perverse things; but the sole safeguard, as a rule of faith and conduct for the saints, is God's holy writ. (“Remarks on Matthew 7” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but within are ravening wolves.

W. Kelly Translation

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But beware of false prophets, which come unto you in sheep’s clothing but within are ravening wolves.