18 Bible Verses about Being Mislead
Most Relevant Verses
Do not deceive yourselves: "Evil companionships corrupt good morals."
But bad men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, misleading and being misled.
I say this to prevent your being misled by any one's plausible sophistry.
Yet I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and by her teaching leads astray My servants, so that they commit fornication and eat what has been sacrificed to idols.
Many will come assuming my name and saying, 'I am He;' and they will mislead many.
"We have found this man," they said, "an agitator among our nation, forbidding the payment of tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be himself an anointed king."
"You have brought this man to me on a charge of corrupting the loyalty of the people. But, you see, I have examined him in your presence and have discovered in the man no ground for the accusations which you bring against him.
Among the mass of the people there was much muttered debate about Him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so: he is imposing on the people."
The man who is beginning to know God listens to us, but he who is not a child of God does not listen to us. By this test we can distinguish the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error.
The reply of Jesus was, "You are in error, through ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God.
"Is not this the cause of your error," replied Jesus--"your ignorance alike of the Scriptures and of the power of God?
and that from among your own selves men will rise up who will seek with their perverse talk to draw away the disciples after them.
"for many will come assuming my name and saying 'I am the Christ;' and they will mislead many.
For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying wonderful signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, were it possible, even God's own People.
and will turn away from listening to the truth and will turn aside to fables.
For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying signs and prodigies with a view to lead astray--if indeed that were possible--even God's own People.
