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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• ¹If there arise among you a prophet, or one that dreameth dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder,
²and the sign or the wonder come to pass that he told unto thee, when he said, Let us go after other gods, whom thou hast not known, and let us serve them,
³—thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams; for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deut. 13:1‑3)

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Jer. 23:13‑16• ¹³And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
¹⁴And in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none doth return from his wickedness. They are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
¹⁵Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
¹⁶Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they lead you to vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah. (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• ¹⁷But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to Sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues; (Matt. 10:17)

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

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Mark 12:38• ³⁸And 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• ¹⁵And 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• ¹If there arise among you a prophet, or one that dreameth dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder,
²and the sign or the wonder come to pass that he told unto thee, when he said, Let us go after other gods, whom thou hast not known, and let us serve them,
³—thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams; for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deut. 13:1‑3)

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Isa. 9:15‑16• ¹⁵The elder and honourable, he [is] the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.
¹⁶For the leaders of this people mislead [them]; and [they that are] led by them are swallowed up. (Isa. 9:15‑16)

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Jer. 14:14‑16• ¹⁴Then Jehovah 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.
¹⁵Therefore thus saith Jehovah 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.
¹⁶And 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. 14:14‑16)

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Jer. 23:13‑16• ¹³And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
¹⁴And in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none doth return from his wickedness. They are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
¹⁵Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
¹⁶Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they lead you to vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah. (Jer. 23:13‑16)

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Jer. 28:15‑17• ¹⁵Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
¹⁶Therefore thus saith Jehovah; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against Jehovah.
¹⁷So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. (Jer. 28:15‑17)

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Jer. 29:21,32• ²¹thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiab, 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 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
³²therefore thus saith Jehovah: 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 Jehovah; because he hath taught rebellion against Jehovah. (Jer. 29:21,32)

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Ezek. 13:16,22• ¹⁶to 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 Jehovah.
²²Because ye sadden with falsehood the heart of the righteous whom I have not saddened, and strengthen the hands of the wicked that he should not return from his wicked way that I should save his life. (Ezek. 13:16,22)

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Mic. 3:5‑7,11• ⁵Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace! but whoso putteth not into their mouths they prepare war against him:
⁶therefore ye shall have night without 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.
⁷Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
¹¹The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. (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 to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
²³But 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• ⁴And 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. (Zech. 13:4)

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Mark 12:38‑40• ³⁸And 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;
⁴⁰who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. 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• ¹⁰His watchmen [are] blind, they are all without knowledge; they [are] all dumb dogs, they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
¹¹Yea, the dogs [are] greedy, they can never have enough; and these [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. (Isa. 56:10‑11)

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Ezek. 22:25• ²⁵There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. (Ezek. 22:25)

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Mic. 3:5• ⁵Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace! but whoso putteth not into their mouths they prepare war against him: (Mic. 3:5)

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Zeph. 3:3‑4• ³Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
⁴Her prophets are light and treacherous persons, her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. (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)

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

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