Matthew 7:15
But beware of FALSE prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are predatory wolves.
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In Context
14How narrow is the gate, and restricted the way, that leads to life, and few are those who find it.
16From their fruits ye will know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
Cross References
Isaiah 9:15The elder and the honorable man, he is the head. And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
Jeremiah 14:14Then LORD said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name. I did not send them, nor have I commanded them, nor did I speak to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of naught, and the deceit of the
Jeremiah 28:15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah. LORD has not sent thee, but thou make this people to trust in a lie.
Jeremiah 29:32therefore thus says LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed. He shall not have a man to dwell among this people, nor shall he behold the good that I will do to my people, says LORD, because he has spoken r
Ezekiel 13:22Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive.
Ezekiel 22:27Her rulers in the midst of it are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:13-15
The Sermon on the Mount. 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Our Lord Jesus here presses upon us that righteousness towards men which is an essential branch of true… Read the whole commentary →