Bible Verses About False Religion
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for false religion, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,418 votes, led by Matthew 7:15-20. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about False Religion
Matthew 7:15-20122 votes
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
1 John 4:1122 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Matthew 7:21-23100 votes
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
2 John 1:9-1188 votes
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:1-376 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Corinthians 11:1475 votes
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
1 Timothy 4:174 votes
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
John 14:660 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
2 John 1:10-1150 votes
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
Leviticus 19:3143 votes
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
Matthew 24:1-5135 votes
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
Mark 7:735 votes
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Revelation 22:1934 votes
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Mark 13:1-3731 votes
And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
1 Corinthians 14:3328 votes
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Jude 1:627 votes
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
2 Timothy 4:3-426 votes
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
John 8:4422 votes
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
2 Peter 2:122 votes
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Revelation 18:422 votes
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
John 1:1421 votes
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Mark 13:918 votes
But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
Galatians 1:818 votes
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Revelation 13:1-1818 votes
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Genesis 3:116 votes
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
What does the Bible say about false religion?
Readers most often cite Matthew 7:15-20 on the subject of false religion. Across 1,418 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 4:1, Matthew 7:21-23, 2 John 1:9-11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.