30 Bible Verses about Error
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But Jesus answered [and] said to them, "You are mistaken, [because] you do not know the scriptures or the power of God!
Jesus said to them, "Are you not deceived because of this, [because you] do not know the scriptures or the power of God?
he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save that person's soul from death, and will cover over a great number of sins.
My brothers, if anyone among you should wander away from the truth and someone turns him back,
We are from God. The one who knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- [it is] an error that proceeds from a ruler!
Do not let your mouth lead your flesh into sin, and do not tell the messenger that it [was] a mistake. Why anger God at your words, so that he destroys the work of your hands?
Therefore, dear friends, [because you] know [this] beforehand, guard yourselves so that you do not lose your own safe position [because you] have been led away by the error of lawless persons.
Every word of God [is] flawless; he [is] a shield for him who takes refuge in him.
Remind [people] of these [things], solemnly urging [them] before the Lord not to dispute about words. [This is] in no way beneficial [and leads to] the ruin of the hearers.
And what is more, [if] I have truly erred, my error remains with me.
And because of this, God sends them {a powerful delusion} so that they will believe the lie,
so that we may no longer be infants, tossed about by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching, by the trickery of people, by craftiness with reference to the scheming of deceit.
and likewise also the males, abandoning the natural relations with the female, were inflamed in their desire toward one another, males with males committing the shameless deed, and receiving in themselves the penalty that was necessary for their error.
All scripture [is] inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,
"Now if your brother sins against you, go correct him between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}, they entice with desires of the flesh [and] with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,
[By] leaving the straight path, they have gone astray, [because they] followed the way of Balaam the [son of] Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
Then the [other] administrators and satraps {began to seek} to find pretext against Daniel {in connection with the kingdom}, but they were not able to find any pretext and {corruption} {because} he was trustworthy, and no negligence or {corruption} {could be found in him}.
correcting those who are opposed with gentleness, [seeing] whether perhaps God may grant them repentance to a knowledge of the truth,
Because, yes, because they led my people astray, {saying} 'Peace!' And [there is] not peace. And [when] anyone builds a flimsy wall, look, they coat it [with] whitewash.
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness. [The] unclean shall not travel through it, but it [is] for them, he who walks [on the] way; and fools shall not wander about.
{Then the anger of Yahweh was kindled} against Uzza, and God struck him down there because of the indiscretion, and he died there beside the ark of God.
For a fool speaks folly, and his {mind} does iniquity: to {behave wickedly}, and to speak error concerning Yahweh, to leave [the] throat of [the] hungry empty, and he deprives [the] thirsty [of] drink.
From Thematic Bible
Drunkenness » Leads to » Error
And these also stagger because of wine and stagger because of strong drink; priest and prophet stagger because of strong drink; they are confused because of wine. They stagger because of strong drink; they err in vision. They stagger [in the] rendering of a decision,
Error » Sin's penalty » Abandonment by God
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to immorality, [that] their bodies would be dishonored among themselves,
Do not be like your fathers and like your brothers, who acted unfaithfully before Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them as a desolation, as you see.
Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul and an evil spirit from Yahweh tormented him.
And she said to him, "[The] Philistines [are] upon you, Samson!" And he woke up from his sleep and said, "I will go out just like every other time and shake myself free," but he did not know that Yahweh had left him.
Error » Sin's penalty » Penalty sometimes delayed
And the fourth generation shall return here, for the guilt of the Amorites {is not yet complete}."
For the sake of my name I {refrain from} my anger, and [for] my praise I restrain [it] for you [so as] not to cut you off.
who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, [while] an ark was being constructed, in which a few--that is, eight souls--were rescued through water.
"Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring disaster in his days. I will bring the disaster on his house in the days of his son."
However, I will not do it in your days, for the sake of David your father; from the hand of your son I will tear it [away].
Error » Sin's penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
Because of this, just as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death spread to all people because all sinned.
By the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until your return to the ground. For from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
For the compensation due sin [is] death, but the gift of God [is] eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day {that you eat} from it {you shall surely die}."
because [of the fact] that you broke faith with me in the midst of Israel at the waters of Meribah Kadesh, [in] the desert of Zin, because {you did not treat me as holy} in the midst of the {Israelites}.
Error » Known to God » Loved by men
{How much less} he who is abominable and corrupt, a man drinking wickedness like water.
"Though wickedness tastes sweet in his mouth, [and] he hides it under his tongue,
Ah! Those who drag iniquity along with the cords of falsehood and sin as with rope of the cart,
Error » Definition of » Sin deceptive
and Adam was not deceived, but the woman, [because she] was deceived, came into transgression.
For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.
And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs before him, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who had worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur.
[that] you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,
But encourage one another {day by day}, as long as it is called "today," so that {none of you become hardened} by the deception of sin.
Error » Definition of » To be forsaken
Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,
Dear friends, I urge [you] as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul,
[that] you take off, according to your former way of life, the old man, who is being destroyed according to deceitful desires,
in whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made by hands, by the removal of the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ,
He who conceals his transgression will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.
Error » Known to God » Hateful to God
And he said to them, "You are the ones who justify themselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts! For [what is] [considered] exalted among men [is] an abomination in the sight of God.
For detestable to Yahweh your God [is] everyone who [is] doing such things, everyone who [is] acting dishonestly.
When the mourning [was] over, David sent and brought her to his household, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing which David had done [was] evil in the eyes of Yahweh.
For you [are] not a God [who] desires wickedness. Evil cannot dwell with you.
Yahweh tests [the] righteous, but [the] wicked and [the] lover of violence his soul hates.
Error » Definition of » Despised by saints
I will not set before my eyes any wicked thing. I hate the work of those who fall away; it will not cling to me.
and rescued righteous Lot, worn down by the way of life of lawless persons in licentiousness
From your precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way.
I hate {the double-minded}, but I love your law.
My mouth will utter truth, and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.
Error » Definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
You will not bow down to them, and you will not serve them, because I [am] Yahweh your God, a jealous God, punishing [the] guilt of [the] parents on the children on [the] third and on [the] fourth [generations] of those hating me,
And your children will be shepherds in the desert forty years, and you will bear your unfaithfulness until {all your corpses have fallen} in the desert.
For Yahweh loves justice and will not forsake his faithful ones. They are protected forever. But [the] children of [the] wicked will be cut off.
You will not be united with them in burial because you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people. [The] descendants of evildoers will not be mentioned for eternity!
The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
Error » Known to God » Allurements of
When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food and that it [was] a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make [one] wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave [it] also to her husband with her, and he ate.
{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}, they entice with desires of the flesh [and] with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error,
I saw among the spoil a beautiful robe from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and one bar of gold [that] weighed fifty shekels; I coveted them and took them. They [are] hidden in the ground inside my tent, and the silver [is] under it."
There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death.
"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant."
Error » Definition of » Forbidden
My little children, I am writing these [things] to you in order that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous [one],
Wash! Make yourselves clean! Remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes! Cease to do evil!
After these [things] Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well! Sin no longer, lest something worse happen to you."
And she said, "No one, Lord." So Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go, and sin no more."]]
Error » Sin's penalty » Separation from God
Rather, your iniquities have been {barriers} between you and your God, and your sins have hidden [his] face from you, from hearing.
[Go] to a land flowing with milk and honey, but I will not go up among you, because you [are] a stiff-necked people, lest I destroy you on the way."
Israel has sinned and {transgressed my covenant} that I commanded them. They have taken from the devoted things; they have stolen and acted deceitfully, and they have put [them] among their belongings. The {Israelites} were unable to stand before their enemies; {they fled from their enemies} because they have become a thing devoted for destruction. {I will be with you no more} unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
If I had considered evil in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
And there is no one who calls on your name, who pulls himself up to keep hold of you, for you have hidden your face from us, and melted us into the hand of our iniquity.
Error » Sins » Our deliverance from, through Christ
For I passed on to you {as of first importance} what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood
who gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
who himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that [we] may die to sins [and] live to righteousness, by whose wounds you were healed.
and he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
Error » Sins » Of ignorance
But the one who did not know and did [things] deserving blows {will be given a light beating}. And from everyone to whom much has been given, much will be demanded, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will ask him [for] even more.
[although I] was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, but I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
"Speak to the {Israelites}, saying, 'If a person sins by an unintentional wrong from any of Yahweh's commands that should not be {violated}, and he {violates} {any of them}--
"If a person when he sins {violates} one from all of Yahweh's commands that should not {be violated}, but he did not know, then he is guilty and he shall bear his guilt.
And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also.
Error » Definition of » Forgiven
But he [was] compassionate; he pardoned [their] guilt and did not destroy [them]. And many [times] he turned back his anger and did not stir up all his wrath,
And {although you were dead} in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made you alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against Yahweh!" Nathan said to David, "Yahweh has also forgiven your sin; you shall not die.
You took away the guilt of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah
And [when] Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Child, your sins are forgiven."
Error » Sins » Of omission
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you pay a tenth of mint and dill and cumin, and neglect the more important [matters] of the law--justice and mercy and faithfulness! It was necessary to do these [things] {while not neglecting those}.
And that slave who knew the will of his master and did not prepare or do according to his will {will be given a severe beating}.
Then he will answer them, saying, 'Truly I say to you, in as much as you did not do [it] to one of the least of these, you did not do [it] to me.'
"But woe to you, Pharisees, because you pay a tenth of mint and rue and every garden herb, and neglect justice and love for God! But it was necessary to do these [things] without neglecting those things also.
Error » Definition of » Origin of
When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food and that it [was] a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make [one] wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave [it] also to her husband with her, and he ate.
For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.
Then desire, [after it] has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, [when it] is brought to completion, gives birth to death.
From where [are] conflicts and from where [are] quarrels among you? [Is it] not from this, from your pleasures that wage war among your members?
Error » Definition of » Inexcusable
Therefore you are without excuse, O man, every one [of you] who passes judgment. For in that which you pass judgment on someone else, you condemn yourself, for you who are passing judgment are doing the same [things].
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they do not have a valid excuse for their sin.
For from the creation of the world, his invisible [attributes], both his eternal power and deity, are discerned clearly, being understood in the things created, so that they are without excuse.
Error » Definition of » Contempt for others
He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but he who has mercy on the poor blesses him.
Error » Definition of » Vain talk
In many words, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.
Error » Definition of » Foolish thoughts
Error » Definition of » Unbelief
But the one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not [do so] from faith, and everything that [is] not from faith is sin.
Error » Definition of » All unrighteousness
All unrighteousness is sin, and [there] is a sin not [leading] to death.)
Error » Definition of » Transgression of the law
Error » Definition of » Neglect of opportunity
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Error
But Jesus answered [and] said to them, "You are mistaken, [because] you do not know the scriptures or the power of God!