Mat 7:15, 16:6, 11, Phili 3:2, Col 2:8, 2Ti 4:15 | ESV | STEP | Beware of false prophets , who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves .

a ch. 24:11, 24; Deut. 13:1-3; Jer. 14:14; 23:16; Mark 13:22; Luke 6:26; Acts 13:6; 2 Pet. 2:1; 1 John 4:1

b Ezek. 22:27; Acts 20:29; [Mic. 3:5; John 10:12]

c Luke 12:1

d 1 Cor. 5:6-8; Gal. 5:9

e[See ver. 6 above]

f Ps. 22:16, 20; Isa. 56:10, 11; Rev. 22:15; [Gal. 5:15]

jSee Matt. 15:2

Matthew 7:15

A Tree and Its Fruit

15 ^a“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ^bravenous wolves.

Matthew 16:6

6 Jesus said to them, “Watch and ^cbeware of ^dthe leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matthew 16:11

11 How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? ^eBeware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Philippians 3:2

2 Look out for ^fthe dogs, look out for ^gthe evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.

Colossians 2:8

8 See to it that no one takes you captive by ^hphilosophy and ⁱempty deceit, according to ^jhuman tradition, according to the ^kelemental spirits ^{▼▼Or elementary principles; also verse 20} of the world, and not according to Christ.

2 Timothy 4:15

15 Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message.