What does the Bible say about believing lies?
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The Bible warns that believing lies leads people away from God and calls us to receive and live by his truth in Christ. Scripture cautions against smooth-talking deceivers who serve their own appetites rather than the Lord (Romans 16:17-18), and against false teaching that takes believers captive through human philosophy and empty deceit (Colossians 2:8). Because sin darkens our minds and hearts, we must not trust ourselves above God, but trust him and submit to his revealed ways (Proverbs 3:5-6). God’s Word exposes deception, and the gospel calls us to take every thought captive to obey Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5). Those who reject the love of the truth become vulnerable to delusion, while God preserves his people through faith in the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:9-13).
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- Romans 16:17-18
[17] Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them. [18] For those who are such don't serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
- Psalms 109:2-4
[2] For they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. [3] They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without a cause. [4] In return for my love, they are my adversaries; But I am in prayer.
- Colossians 2:8
Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9-13
[9] even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, [10] and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. [11] Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie; [12] that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. [13] But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;
- Jeremiah 7:8
Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.
- Proverbs 3:5-6
[5] Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And don't lean on your own understanding. [6] In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5
throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;
- Psalms 59:12-13
[12] For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, Let them be caught in their pride, For the curses and lies which they utter. [13] Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.
- Colossians 2:4
Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
- Jeremiah 9:3
They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.
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