2 Peter 2:1
But just as there were false prophets among the people then, there will be false teachers among you. They subtly introduce false and destructive teachings, even denying the Lord who redeemed them, quickly bringing destruction on themselves.
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Deuteronomy 13:1Maybe a prophet or someone who has dreams about the future will come along and give you a prediction about some sign or miracle,
1 Kings 18:19Now call together all of Israel and meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who are supported by Jezebel.”
Nehemiah 6:12I thought about it and saw that God hadn't sent him, but that he had spoken this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Isaiah 56:10For all the watchmen are blind. None of them know what's going on. They're all silent—they can't bark. They spend their time lying down, dreaming, loving to sleep.
Jeremiah 23:16This is what the Lord Almighty says: Don't pay attention to what these prophets say when they prophesy to you. They're fooling you with visions they make up in their own minds. They're not from me.
Jeremiah 27:14Don't listen to messages from prophets who say, “You won't serve the king of Babylon,” for they are prophesying a lie to you.
Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 2:1
The apostle, having in the foregoing chapter exhorted them to proceed and advance in the Christian race, now comes to remove, as much as in him lay, what he could not but apprehend would hinder their complying with his exhortation. He therefore gives them fair warning of false teachers, by whom they might be in danger of being seduced. To prevent this, I. He describes these seducers as impious in themselves, and very pernicious to others, ver. 1-3 . II. He assures them of the punishment that shall be inflicted on… Read the whole commentary →