Bible Cross References
Verily
John 3:3
Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.
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John 10:9
I am the door. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
Jeremiah 14:15
Therefore thus says Jehovah concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, when I did not send them (yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land): by sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.
Jeremiah 23:16
Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They fill you with vanities; they speak a vision from their own heart, not out of the mouth of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 23:17
They speak to those who despise Me, promising, Jehovah has said, You shall have peace! And they say to everyone who walks after the stubbornness of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you!
Jeremiah 23:21
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
Jeremiah 23:32
Jehovah says, Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams and tell them, and cause My people to go astray by their lies and by their foolishness. Yet I did not send them nor command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 28:15-17
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Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah has not sent you, but you make this people to trust in a lie.
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Therefore thus says Jehovah, Behold, I will drive you from off the face of the earth. You shall die this year, because you have taught rebellion against Jehovah.
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So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Jeremiah 29:31
Send to all the captives, saying, Thus says Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I have not sent him, and he caused you to trust in a lie,
Jeremiah 29:32
therefore thus says Jehovah, 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 which I shall do for My people, says Jehovah, because he has taught rebellion against Jehovah.
Ezekiel 13:2-6
2
Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, Hear the Word of Jehovah!
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Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
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O Israel, your prophets are like foxes in the deserts.
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You have not gone up into the gaps, nor built a wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle in the day of Jehovah.
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They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, Jehovah declares! But Jehovah has not sent them; yet they hope that their word may be confirmed.
Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Matthew 23:16-28
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Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is a debtor.
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Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
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And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it is a debtor.
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Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
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Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it.
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He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.
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And he who swears by Heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.
23
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. It is necessary to do these, and not to leave the others undone.
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Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.
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Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
28
Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Romans 10:15
And how shall they preach if they are not sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those preaching the gospel of peace, bringing glad tidings of good things.
Ephesians 4:8-12
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Therefore He says: When He ascended on high, He led captive the captives, and gave gifts to men.
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(Now this, He ascended; what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10
He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)
11
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,
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for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ,
Hebrews 5:4
And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.
1 Peter 1:10
Of this salvation the prophets have sought out and searched diligently, who prophesied concerning the grace towards you,
2 Peter 2:1
But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.
1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.
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John 10:8
All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.
John 10:10
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
Isaiah 56:10-12
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His watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs who cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
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Yea, they are greedy dogs which never have enough. And they are shepherds who cannot understand; they all look to their own way, every one for his own gain, to his own end.
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They say, Come, let us get wine and binge on strong drink; and tomorrow shall be like today; much more abundant.
Ezekiel 34:2-5
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Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, Thus says the Lord Jehovah to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
3
You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock.
4
The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them.
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So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered.
Zechariah 11:4
For thus says Jehovah my God, Feed the flock for slaughter,
Zechariah 11:5
whose possessors kill them and are not held guilty. And those who sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich. And their shepherds do not pity them.
Zechariah 11:16
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land; he shall not visit those who are cut off, nor will he seek the young, nor heal that which is broken, nor will he nourish that which still stands. But he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear off their hooves.
Zechariah 11:17
Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! The sword shall be against his arm and against his right eye. His arm shall be completely dried up, and his right eye shall be totally darkened.
Romans 16:18
For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
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For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
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And no wonder; for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.
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Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
Titus 1:11
whose mouths must be stopped, who overturn whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
2 Peter 2:3
By covetousness they will exploit you with well-turned words; whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
2 Peter 2:14-19
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having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; accursed children.
15
They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
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but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet.
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These are wells without water, clouds being driven by a tempest, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
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For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, the ones who have actually escaped from those living in error.
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While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.