Bible Verses About Heresy
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for heresy, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 911 votes, led by Galatians 1:8-9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Heresy
Galatians 1:8-9127 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.
2 Peter 2:1-22123 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.
1 John 4:176 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.
Titus 3:1075 votes
A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
2 Peter 2:170 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.
2 Corinthians 11:455 votes
For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
Galatians 1:749 votes
Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
2 John 1:1045 votes
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
2 John 1:1136 votes
For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Galatians 5:19-2129 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Acts 15:2425 votes
Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
2 Peter 2:1522 votes
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Deuteronomy 13:919 votes
But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Galatians 2:417 votes
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Jude 1:3-1617 votes
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Acts 15:512 votes
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
Acts 5:1711 votes
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
Acts 24:511 votes
For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
Acts 24:1411 votes
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
Acts 28:2211 votes
But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against.
1 Samuel 15:2310 votes
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
Acts 26:510 votes
Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Galatians 5:1-2610 votes
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Titus 3:10-1110 votes
A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
Hebrews 4:1210 votes
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
What does the Bible say about heresy?
Readers most often cite Galatians 1:8-9 on the subject of heresy. Across 911 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Peter 2:1-22, 1 John 4:1, Titus 3:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.