Isa 30:10, Jer 14:14, 17:9, 2Th 2:9-11, 1Ti 4:1-2, 2Ti 4:3, 2Pe 2:13-16 | ESV | STEP | who say to the seers , Do not see , and to the prophets , Do not prophesy to us what is right ; speak to us smooth things , prophesy illusions ,

Isaiah 30:10

10 ^awho say to ^bthe seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us ^csmooth things,
prophesy illusions,

Jeremiah 14:14

14 And the Lord said to me: “The ^dprophets are prophesying lies in my name. ^eI did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, ^fworthless divination, and ^gthe deceit of their own minds.

Jeremiah 17:9

9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan ^hwith all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for ⁱthose who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore ^jGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe ^kwhat is false,

1 Timothy 4:1-2

Some Will Depart from the Faith

1 Now ^lthe Spirit expressly says that ^min later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to ⁿdeceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2 through the insincerity of ^oliars whose consciences are seared,

2 Timothy 4:3

3 ^pFor the time is coming when people will not endure ^qsound ^{▼▼Or healthy} teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

2 Peter 2:13-16

13 suffering wrong as ^sthe wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure ^tto revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts love feasts} while ^vthey feast with you. 14 They have eyes full of adultery, ^winsatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts ^xtrained in greed. ^yAccursed children! 15 Forsaking the right way, ^zthey have gone astray. They have followed ^aathe way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved ^abgain from wrongdoing, 16 but was rebuked for his own transgression; ^aca speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.