30 Bible Verses about Error
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And Jesus answering said to them, 'Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;
And Jesus answering said to them, 'Do ye not because of this go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God?
let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.
Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back,
he is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; ye then go greatly astray.'
we -- of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, As an error that goeth out from the ruler,
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that 'it is an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?
Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness,
Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.
These things remind them of, testifying fully before the Lord -- not to strive about words to nothing profitable, but to the subversion of those hearing;
and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,
that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray,
and in like manner also the males having left the natural use of the female, did burn in their longing toward one another; males with males working shame, and the recompense of their error that was fit, in themselves receiving.
every Writing is God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that is in righteousness,
'And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;
Lo, in His servants He putteth no credence, Nor in His messengers setteth praise.'
for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,
having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love,
Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he is faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him.
in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,
Because, even because, they did cause My people to err, Saying, Peace! and there is no peace, And that one is building a wall, And lo, they are daubing it with chalk.
And a highway hath been there, and a way, And the 'way of holiness' is called to it, Not pass over it doth the unclean, And He Himself is by them, Whoso is going in the way -- even fools err not.
and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Uzzah, and God smiteth him there for the error, and he dieth there by the ark of God.
For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.
From Thematic Bible
Drunkenness » Leads to » Error
And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.
Error » Sin's penalty » Abandonment by God
Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;
and do not be like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against Jehovah, God of their fathers, and He giveth them to desolation, as ye do see.
And the Spirit of Jehovah turned aside from Saul, and a spirit of sadness from Jehovah terrified him;
and she saith, 'Philistines are upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, 'I go out as time by time, and shake myself;' and he hath not known that Jehovah hath turned aside from off him.
Error » Sin's penalty » Penalty sometimes delayed
and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'
For My name's sake I defer Mine anger, And My praise I restrain for thee, So as not to cut thee off.
who sometime disbelieved, when once the long-suffering of God did wait, in days of Noah -- an ark being preparing -- in which few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water;
'Hast thou seen that Ahab hath been humbled before Me? because that he hath been humbled before Me, I bring not in the evil in his days; in the days of his son I bring in the evil on his house.'
'Only, in thy days I do it not, for the sake of David thy father; out of the hand of thy son I rend it;
Error » Sin's penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;
by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust thou turnest back.'
for the wages of the sin is death, and the gift of God is life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.
and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.'
Because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribath-Kadesh, the wilderness of Zin -- because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the sons of Israel;
Error » Known to God » Loved by men
Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,
Also -- surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.
Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah.
Woe to those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as with thick ropes of the cart -- sin.
Error » Definition of » Sin deceptive
and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, into transgression came,
for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another;
and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, in which he led astray those who did receive the mark of the beast, and those who did bow before his image; living they were cast -- the two -- to the lake of the fire, that is burning with brimstone;
ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin,
Error » Definition of » To be forsaken
Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,
Beloved, I call upon you, as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,
ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,
in whom also ye were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh in the circumcision of the Christ,
Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.
Error » Known to God » Hateful to God
and he said to them, 'Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, is abomination before God;
for the abomination of Jehovah thy God is any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.
and the mourning passeth by, and David sendeth and gathereth her unto his house, and she is to him for a wife, and beareth to him a son; and the thing which David hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah.
Jehovah the righteous doth try. And the wicked and the lover of violence, Hath His soul hated,
Error » Definition of » Despised by saints
I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.
and righteous Lot, worn down by the conduct in lasciviousness of the impious, He did rescue,
From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path!
For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips is wickedness.
Error » Definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, am a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third generation, and on the fourth, of those hating Me,
and your sons are evil in the wilderness forty years, and have borne your whoredoms till your carcases are consumed in the wilderness;
For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off.
Thou art not united with them in burial, For thy land thou hast destroyed, Thy people thou hast slain, Not named to the age is the seed of evil doers.
The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.
Error » Known to God » Allurements of
And the woman seeth that the tree is good for food, and that it is pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make one wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;
for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,
and I see among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one wedge of gold, whose weight is fifty shekels, and I desire them, and take them; and lo, they are hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.'
There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.
Error » Definition of » Forbidden
My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one,
Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
After these things, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, 'Lo, thou hast become whole; sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.'
and she said, 'No one, Sir;' and Jesus said to her, 'Neither do I pass sentence on thee; be going on, and no more sin.'
Let not then the sin reign in your mortal body, to obey it in its desires;
Error » Sin's penalty » Separation from God
But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you -- from hearing.
unto a land flowing with milk and honey, for I do not go up in thy midst, for thou art a stiff-necked people -- lest I consume thee in the way.'
Israel hath sinned, and also they have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and also taken of the devoted thing, and also stolen, and also deceived, and also put it among their vessels, and the sons of Israel have not been able to stand before their enemies; the neck they turn before their enemies, for they have become a devoted thing; I add not to be with you -- if ye destroy not the devoted thing out of your midst.
And there is none calling in Thy name, Stirring up himself to lay hold on Thee, For Thou hast hid Thy face from us, And thou meltest us away by our iniquities.
Error » Sins » Our deliverance from, through Christ
for I delivered to you first, what also I did receive, that Christ died for our sins, according to the Writings,
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,
who did give himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of the present evil age, according to the will of God even our Father,
who our sins himself did bear in his body, upon the tree, that to the sins having died, to the righteousness we may live; by whose stripes ye were healed,
and he -- he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,
Error » Sins » Of ignorance
and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.
who before was speaking evil, and persecuting, and insulting, but I found kindness, because, being ignorant, I did it in unbelief,
Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, When a person doth sin through ignorance against any of the commands of Jehovah regarding things which are not to be done, and hath done something against one of these --
And when any person sinneth, and hath done something against one of all the commands of Jehovah regarding things which are not to be done, and hath not known, and he hath been guilty, and hath borne his iniquity,
And now, brethren, I have known that through ignorance ye did it, as also your rulers;
Error » Definition of » Forgiven
And He -- the Merciful One, Pardoneth iniquity, and destroyeth not, And hath often turned back His anger, And waketh not up all His fury.
And you -- being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh -- He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses,
And David saith unto Nathan, 'I have sinned against Jehovah.' And Nathan saith unto David, 'Also -- Jehovah hath caused thy sin to pass away; thou dost not die;
Thou hast borne away the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, 'Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'
Error » Sins » Of omission
Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.
'And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of these, the least, ye did it not to me.
'But woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.
Error » Definition of » Origin of
And the woman seeth that the tree is good for food, and that it is pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make one wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;
Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:
afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.
Whence are wars and fightings among you? not thence -- out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?
Error » Definition of » Inexcusable
Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man -- every one who is judging -- for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,
if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin.
for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead -- to their being inexcusable;
Error » Definition of » Contempt for others
Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.
Error » Definition of » Vain talk
In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.
Error » Definition of » Foolish thoughts
Error » Definition of » Unbelief
and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because it is not of faith; and all that is not of faith is sin.
Error » Definition of » All unrighteousness
Error » Definition of » Transgression of the law
Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,
Error » Definition of » Neglect of opportunity
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Error
And Jesus answering said to them, 'Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;