Bible Cross References
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Proverbs 28:4
If you have no regard for the law, you are on the side of the wicked; but if you obey it, you are against them.
1 Samuel 22:7-11
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and he said to his officers, "Listen, men of Benjamin! Do you think that David will give fields and vineyards to all of you, and make you officers in his army?
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Is that why you are plotting against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made an alliance with David. No one is concerned about me or tells me that David, one of my own men, is right now looking for a chance to kill me, and that my son has encouraged him!"
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Doeg was standing there with Saul's officers, and he said, "I saw David when he went to Ahimelech son of Ahitub in Nob.
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Ahimelech asked the LORD what David should do, and then he gave David some food and the sword of Goliath the Philistine."
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So King Saul sent for the priest Ahimelech and all his relatives, who were also priests in Nob, and they came to him.
1 Kings 22:6-28
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So Ahab called in the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them, "Should I go and attack Ramoth, or not?" "Attack it," they answered. "The Lord will give you victory."
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But Jehoshaphat asked, "Isn't there another prophet through whom we can consult the LORD?"
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Ahab answered, "There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me; it's always something bad." "You shouldn't say that!" Jehoshaphat replied.
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Then Ahab called in a court official and told him to go and get Micaiah at once.
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The two kings, dressed in their royal robes, were sitting on their thrones at the threshing place just outside the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying in front of them.
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One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab, "This is what the LORD says: 'With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.' "
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All the other prophets said the same thing. "March against Ramoth and you will win," they said. "The LORD will give you victory."
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Meanwhile, the official who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, "All the other prophets have prophesied success for the king, and you had better do the same."
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But Micaiah answered, "By the living LORD I promise that I will say what he tells me to!"
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When he appeared before King Ahab, the king asked him, "Micaiah, should King Jehoshaphat and I go and attack Ramoth, or not?" "Attack!" Micaiah answered. "Of course you'll win. The LORD will give you victory."
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But Ahab replied, "When you speak to me in the name of the LORD, tell the truth! How many times do I have to tell you that?"
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Micaiah answered, "I can see the army of Israel scattered over the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These men have no leader; let them go home in peace.' "
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Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you that he never prophesies anything good for me? It's always something bad!"
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Micaiah went on: "Now listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne in heaven, with all his angels standing beside him.
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The LORD asked, 'Who will deceive Ahab so that he will go and be killed at Ramoth?' Some of the angels said one thing, and others said something else,
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until a spirit stepped forward, approached the LORD, and said, 'I will deceive him.'
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'How?' the LORD asked. The spirit replied, 'I will go and make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies.' The LORD said, 'Go and deceive him. You will succeed.' "
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And Micaiah concluded: "This is what has happened. The LORD has made these prophets of yours lie to you. But he himself has decreed that you will meet with disaster!"
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Then the prophet Zedekiah went up to Micaiah, slapped his face, and asked, "Since when did the LORD's spirit leave me and speak to you?"
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"You will find out when you go into some back room to hide," Micaiah replied.
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Then King Ahab ordered one of his officers, "Arrest Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Prince Joash.
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Tell them to throw him in prison and to put him on bread and water until I return safely."
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"If you return safely," Micaiah exclaimed, "then the LORD has not spoken through me!" And he added, "Listen, everyone, to what I have said!"
Isaiah 30:10
They tell the prophets to keep quiet. They say, "Don't talk to us about what's right. Tell us what we want to hear. Let us keep our illusions.
Jeremiah 5:31
prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?"
2 Timothy 4:3
The time will come when people will not listen to sound doctrine, but will follow their own desires and will collect for themselves more and more teachers who will tell them what they are itching to hear.
2 Timothy 4:4
They will turn away from listening to the truth and give their attention to legends.
1 John 4:5
Those false prophets speak about matters of the world, and the world listens to them because they belong to the world.
Revelation 13:3-8
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One of the heads of the beast seemed to have been fatally wounded, but the wound had healed. The whole earth was amazed and followed the beast.
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Everyone worshiped the dragon because he had given his authority to the beast. They worshiped the beast also, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who can fight against it?"
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The beast was allowed to make proud claims which were insulting to God, and it was permitted to have authority for forty-two months.
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It began to curse God, his name, the place where he lives, and all those who live in heaven.
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It was allowed to fight against God's people and to defeat them, and it was given authority over every tribe, nation, language, and race.
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All people living on earth will worship it, except those whose names were written before the creation of the world in the book of the living which belongs to the Lamb that was killed.