Proverbs 11:9

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Proverbs 11:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

8 The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.

9 With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

10 When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

11 By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

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1 Kings 13:18

Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,

1 Kings 13:19

but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.

1 Kings 13:20

While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,

1 Kings 13:21

and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,

1 Kings 13:22

but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”

1 Kings 22:6

So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

1 Kings 22:20

And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.

1 Kings 22:21

Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.

1 Kings 22:22

And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

1 Kings 22:23

So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”

Job 8:13

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

Job 34:30

that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.

Psalms 55:12

For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

Psalms 55:20

My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

Psalms 55:21

His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed.

Matthew 7:15

Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

Matthew 15:5

But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

Matthew 15:6

he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Matthew 15:7

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

Matthew 15:8

‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.

Matthew 15:9

They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”

Matthew 15:10

Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.

Matthew 15:11

A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples came to Him and said, “Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

Matthew 15:13

But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

Matthew 15:14

Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Acts 20:30

Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

2 Corinthians 11:13

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:14

And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

2 Corinthians 11:15

It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

2 Thessalonians 2:9

The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

1 Timothy 4:1

Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

1 Timothy 4:2

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

1 Timothy 4:3

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

2 Peter 2:1

Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

2 Peter 2:2

Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

Proverbs 2:10

For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.

Proverbs 2:11

Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you,

Proverbs 2:12

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,

Proverbs 2:13

from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,

Proverbs 2:14

from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

Proverbs 2:15

whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.

Proverbs 2:16

It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

Proverbs 4:6

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

Proverbs 6:23

For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

Proverbs 6:24

to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Mark 13:14

So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Mark 13:22

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

Mark 13:23

So be on your guard; I have told you everything in advance.

Ephesians 4:13

until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

Ephesians 4:14

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

2 Peter 3:16

He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

2 Peter 3:17

Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

1 John 2:21

I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

1 John 2:27

And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.