1 Kings 22:20-23
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 aa 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.”Job 15:31
31Let him not btrust in emptiness, deceiving himself,for emptiness will be his payment.
Hosea 4:12
12My people cinquire of a piece of wood,and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For da spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
and they have left their God to play the whore.
Romans 1:20-22
20For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, ehave been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, ▼▼Or clearly perceived from the creation of the world
in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they gbecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 hClaiming to be wise, they became fools, Romans 1:28
28And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, iGod gave them up to ja debased mind to do kwhat ought not to be done.2 Thessalonians 2:11
11Therefore lGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe mwhat is false,
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