1 Kings 22:19-23

19And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: aI saw the Lord sitting on his throne, band all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left; 20and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another. 21Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ 22And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be ca lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’ 23Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you.”

Psalms 81:12

12So I dgave them over to their estubborn hearts,
to follow their own fcounsels.

Proverbs 1:31-32

31therefore they shall eat gthe fruit of their way,
and have htheir fill of their own devices.
32For the simple are killed by itheir turning away,
and jthe complacency of fools destroys them;

Matthew 24:24

24For kfalse christs and lfalse prophets will arise and mperform great signs and wonders, nso as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

10and with all wicked deception for othose who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11Therefore pGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe qwhat is false, 12in order that all may be condemned rwho did not believe the truth but shad pleasure in unrighteousness.

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