2Pet 2:1 Cross References

2 Peter 2:1

1: But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach their destructive heresies about God and even turn against their Master who bought them. Theirs will be a swift and terrible end.

Matthew 7:15

  1. "Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep, but are really wolves that will tear you apart.

Jude 1:4

  1. I say this because some godless people have wormed their way in among you, saying that God's forgiveness allows us to live immoral lives. The fate of such people was determined long ago, for they have turned against our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 2:3

  1. In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction is on the way.

Deuteronomy 13:1

  1. "Suppose there are prophets among you, or those who have dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or miracles,
  2. and the predicted signs or miracles take place. If the prophets then say, `Come, let us worship the gods of foreign nations,'
  3. do not listen to them. The LORD your God is testing you to see if you love him with all your heart and soul.

Matthew 24:11

  1. And many false prophets will appear and will lead many people astray.

2 Timothy 4:3

  1. For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to right teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever they want to hear.

Galatians 2:4

  1. Even that question wouldn't have come up except for some so-called Christians there--false ones, really--who came to spy on us and see our freedom in Christ Jesus. They wanted to force us, like slaves, to follow their Jewish regulations.

1 Corinthians 11:19

  1. But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that those of you who are right will be recognized!

1 John 4:1

  1. Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.

1 Corinthians 6:20

  1. for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.

1 John 2:18

  1. Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the end of the world has come.
  2. These people left our churches because they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left us, it proved that they do not belong with us.

Colossians 2:8

  1. Don't let anyone lead you astray with empty philosophy and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the evil powers of this world, and not from Christ.

Revelation 5:9

  1. And they sang a new song with these words: "You are worthy to take the scroll and break its seals and open it. For you were killed, and your blood has ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

Colossians 2:18

  1. Don't let anyone condemn you by insisting on self-denial. And don't let anyone say you must worship angels, even though they say they have had visions about this. These people claim to be so humble, but their sinful minds have made them proud.

Matthew 10:33

  1. But if anyone denies me here on earth, I will deny that person before my Father in heaven.

Revelation 2:9

  1. "I know about your suffering and your poverty--but you are rich! I know the slander of those opposing you. They say they are Jews, but they really aren't because theirs is a synagogue of Satan.

2 Timothy 3:1

  1. You should also know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times.
  2. For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.
  3. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control; they will be cruel and have no interest in what is good.
  4. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.
  5. They will act as if they are religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. You must stay away from people like that.

Titus 3:10

  1. If anyone is causing divisions among you, give a first and second warning. After that, have nothing more to do with that person.

Mark 13:22

  1. For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform miraculous signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones.

Ephesians 4:14

  1. Then we will no longer be like children, forever changing our minds about what we believe because someone has told us something different or because someone has cleverly lied to us and made the lie sound like the truth.

Titus 1:11

  1. They must be silenced. By their wrong teaching, they have already turned whole families away from the truth. Such teachers only want your money.

1 Timothy 4:1

  1. Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from what we believe; they will follow lying spirits and teachings that come from demons.
  2. These teachers are hypocrites and liars. They pretend to be religious, but their consciences are dead.
  3. They will say it is wrong to be married and wrong to eat certain foods. But God created those foods to be eaten with thanksgiving by people who know and believe the truth.

Hebrews 10:29

  1. Think how much more terrible the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God and have treated the blood of the covenant as if it were common and unholy. Such people have insulted and enraged the Holy Spirit who brings God's mercy to his people.

Philippians 3:19

  1. Their future is eternal destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and all they think about is this life here on earth.

Galatians 4:17

  1. Those false teachers who are so anxious to win your favor are not doing it for your good. They are trying to shut you off from me so that you will pay more attention to them.

Acts 20:28

  1. "And now beware! Be sure that you feed and shepherd God's flock--his church, purchased with his blood--over whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as elders.
  2. I know full well that false teachers, like vicious wolves, will come in among you after I leave, not sparing the flock.
  3. Even some of you will distort the truth in order to draw a following.

2 Corinthians 11:13

  1. These people are false apostles. They have fooled you by disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
  2. But I am not surprised! Even Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light.
  3. So it is no wonder his servants can also do it by pretending to be godly ministers. In the end they will get every bit of punishment their wicked deeds deserve.

Jeremiah 23:16

  1. This is my warning to my people," says the LORD Almighty. "Do not listen to these prophets when they prophesy to you, filling you with futile hopes. They are making up everything they say. They do not speak for the LORD!
  2. They keep saying to these rebels who despise my word, `Don't worry! The LORD says you will have peace!' And to those who stubbornly follow their own evil desires, they say, `No harm will come your way!'

Lamentations 2:14

  1. Your "prophets" have said so many foolish things, false to the core. They did not try to hold you back from exile by pointing out your sins. Instead, they painted false pictures, filling you with false hope.

Luke 21:8

  1. He replied, "Don't let anyone mislead you. For many will come in my name, claiming to be the Messiah and saying, 'The time has come!' But don't believe them.

Revelation 3:8

  1. "I know all the things you do, and I have opened a door for you that no one can shut. You have little strength, yet you obeyed my word and did not deny me.

2 Thessalonians 2:3

  1. Don't be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed--the one who brings destruction.
  2. He will exalt himself and defy every god there is and tear down every object of adoration and worship. He will position himself in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.
  3. Don't you remember that I told you this when I was with you?
  4. And you know what is holding him back, for he can be revealed only when his time comes.
  5. For this lawlessness is already at work secretly, and it will remain secret until the one who is holding it back steps out of the way.

Jude 1:18

  1. that in the last times there would be scoffers whose purpose in life is to enjoy themselves in every evil way imaginable.

Revelation 13:14

  1. And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people of the world to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.

Romans 16:18

  1. Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people.

Galatians 5:20

  1. idolatry, participation in demonic activities, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, divisions, the feeling that everyone is wrong except those in your own little group,

Jeremiah 29:8

  1. The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says, "Do not let the prophets and mediums who are there in Babylon trick you. Do not listen to their dreams
  2. because they prophesy lies in my name. I have not sent them," says the LORD.

Revelation 2:13

  1. "I know that you live in the city where that great throne of Satan is located, and yet you have remained loyal to me. And you refused to deny me even when Antipas, my faithful witness, was martyred among you by Satan's followers.

1 Peter 1:8

  1. You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him, you trust him; and even now you are happy with a glorious, inexpressible joy.

2 Timothy 2:12

  1. If we endure hardship, we will reign with him. If we deny him, he will deny us.
  2. If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.

1 John 2:26

  1. I have written these things to you because you need to be aware of those who want to lead you astray.

Matthew 24:5

  1. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Messiah.' They will lead many astray.

Micah 3:5

  1. This is what the LORD says to you false prophets: "You are leading my people astray! You promise peace for those who give you food, but you declare war on anyone who refuses to pay you.

Ephesians 1:7

  1. He is so rich in kindness that he purchased our freedom through the blood of his Son, and our sins are forgiven.

Malachi 3:5

  1. At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.

Luke 6:26

  1. What sorrows await you who are praised by the crowds, for their ancestors also praised false prophets.

Isaiah 9:15

  1. The leaders of Israel are the head, and the lying prophets are the tail.

Jeremiah 29:31

  1. "Send an open letter to all the exiles in Babylon. Tell them, `This is what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Since he has prophesied to you when I did not send him and has tricked you into believing his lies,
  2. I will punish him and his family. None of his descendants will see the good things I will do for my people, for he has taught you to rebel against me. I, the LORD, have spoken!'"

Acts 3:13

  1. For it is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of all our ancestors who has brought glory to his servant Jesus by doing this. This is the same Jesus whom you handed over and rejected before Pilate, despite Pilate's decision to release him.
  2. You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer.

Isaiah 56:10

  1. For the leaders of my people--the LORD's watchmen, his shepherds--are blind to every danger. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes. They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming.
  2. And they are as greedy as dogs, never satisfied. They are stupid shepherds, all following their own path, all of them intent on personal gain.

Zechariah 13:3

  1. If anyone begins prophesying again, his own father and mother will tell him, `You must die, for you have prophesied lies in the name of the LORD.' Then his own father and mother will stab him.
  2. "No one will be boasting then of a prophetic gift! No one will wear prophet's clothes to try to fool the people.

1 Kings 18:19

  1. Now bring all the people of Israel to Mount Carmel, with all 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who are supported by Jezebel."
  2. So Ahab summoned all the people and the prophets to Mount Carmel.
  3. Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, "How long are you going to waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!" But the people were completely silent.
  4. Then Elijah said to them, "I am the only prophet of the LORD who is left, but Baal has 450 prophets.

Matthew 24:24

  1. For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great miraculous signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones.

Micah 3:11

  1. You rulers govern for the bribes you can get; you priests teach God's laws only for a price; you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim you are depending on the LORD. "No harm can come to us," you say, "for the LORD is here among us."

Jeremiah 37:19

  1. Where are your prophets now who told you the king of Babylon would not attack you?

Jeremiah 14:13

  1. Then I said, "O Sovereign LORD, their prophets are telling them, `All is well--no war or famine will come. The LORD will surely send you peace.'"
  2. Then the LORD said, "These prophets are telling lies in my name. I did not send them or tell them to speak. I did not give them any messages. They prophesy of visions and revelations they have never seen or heard. They speak foolishness made up in their own lying hearts.
  3. Therefore, says the LORD, I will punish these lying prophets, for they have spoken in my name even though I never sent them. They say that no war or famine will come, but they themselves will die by war and famine!

Jeremiah 23:25

  1. "I have heard these prophets say, `Listen to the dream I had from God last night.' And then they proceed to tell lies in my name.
  2. How long will this go on? If they are prophets, they are prophets of deceit, inventing everything they say.
  3. By telling these false dreams, they are trying to get my people to forget me, just as their ancestors did by worshiping the idols of Baal.
  4. Let these false prophets tell their dreams, but let my true messengers faithfully proclaim my every word. There is a difference between chaff and wheat!
  5. Does not my word burn like fire?" asks the LORD. "Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes rock to pieces?

Jeremiah 28:15

  1. Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, but the people believe your lies.
  2. Therefore, the LORD says you must die. Your life will end this very year because you have rebelled against the LORD."
  3. Two months later, Hananiah died.

1 Kings 22:6

  1. So King Ahab summoned his prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them, "Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead or not?" They all replied, "Go right ahead! The Lord will give you a glorious victory!"

Jeremiah 27:14

  1. Do not listen to the false prophets who keep telling you, `The king of Babylon will not conquer you.' They are liars.
  2. This is what the LORD says: I have not sent these prophets! They are telling you lies in my name, so I will drive you from this land. You will all die--you and all these prophets, too."

Nehemiah 6:12

  1. I realized that God had not spoken to him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
  2. They were hoping to intimidate me and make me sin by following his suggestion. Then they would be able to accuse and discredit me.
  3. Remember, O my God, all the evil things that Tobiah and Sanballat have done. And remember Noadiah the prophet and all the prophets like her who have tried to intimidate me.

1 Corinthians 7:23

  1. God purchased you at a high price. Don't be enslaved by the world.

Hosea 9:8

  1. The prophet is a watchman for my God over Israel, yet traps are laid in front of him wherever he goes. He faces hostility even in the house of God.

Luke 12:9

  1. But if anyone denies me here on earth, I will deny that person before God's angels.

Galatians 3:13

  1. But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."

Micah 2:11

  1. Suppose a prophet full of lies were to say to you, "I'll preach to you the joys of wine and drink!" That's just the kind of prophet you would like!

Ezekiel 13:3

  1. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Destruction is certain for the false prophets who are following their own imaginations and have seen nothing at all!
  2. "O people of Israel, these prophets of yours are like jackals digging around in the ruins.
  3. They have done nothing to strengthen the breaks in the walls around the nation. They have not helped it to stand firm in battle on the day of the LORD.
  4. Instead, they have lied and said, `My message is from the LORD,' even though the LORD never sent them. And yet they expect him to fulfill their prophecies!
  5. Can your visions be anything but false if you claim, `This message is from the LORD,' when I have not even spoken to you?

Deuteronomy 32:6

  1. Is this the way you repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Isn't he your Father who created you? Has he not made you and established you?
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