2 Timothy 4:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to fables.

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  • 1 Tim 1:4 : 4 Nor give attention to fables and endless genealogies, which cause questions rather than godly edification which is in faith, so do.
  • 1 Tim 4:7 : 7 But refuse profane and old wives' tales, and exercise yourself rather unto godliness.
  • Zech 7:11 : 11 But they refused to heed, and shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears, so they should not hear.
  • Acts 7:57 : 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord,
  • Titus 1:14 : 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.
  • 2 Pet 1:16 : 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
  • Prov 1:32 : 32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.
  • 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 O Timothy, guard what has been committed to your trust, avoiding profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge;
  • 2 Tim 1:15 : 15 This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me, of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
  • Heb 13:25 : 25 Grace be with you all. Amen.

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  • 2 Tim 4:2-3
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    2Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.

    3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, they will gather to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

  • Titus 1:13-14
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    13This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

    14Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth.

  • 1 Tim 4:1-2
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    1Now the Spirit speaks clearly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits, and doctrines of demons;

    2Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

  • 2 Pet 2:1-3
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    1But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

    2And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.

    3And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.

  • 1 Tim 1:4
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    4Nor give attention to fables and endless genealogies, which cause questions rather than godly edification which is in faith, so do.

  • 2 Tim 3:4-9
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    4Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

    5Having a form of godliness but denying its power. From such turn away.

    6For of this sort are those who creep into households and lead captive gullible women loaded with sins, led away by various lusts,

    7Always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

    8Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disqualified concerning the faith.

    9But they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifested to all, as theirs also was.

  • 1 Tim 4:6-7
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    6If you remind the brethren of these things, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which you have attained.

    7But refuse profane and old wives' tales, and exercise yourself rather unto godliness.

  • 1 Tim 1:6-7
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    6From which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk,

    7Desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor what they affirm.

  • 2 Tim 4:5
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    5But be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

  • 2 Thess 2:10-11
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    10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

    11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  • 2 Tim 2:16-18
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    16But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will increase to more ungodliness.

    17And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort,

    18who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some.

  • Eph 4:14
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    14That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive;

  • Acts 20:30
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    30Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
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    14Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to argue about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers.

  • 1 John 4:5
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    5They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

  • Jude 1:18
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    18How they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.

  • 2 Pet 2:18
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    18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error.

  • 1 Tim 6:5
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    5Useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

  • Jer 9:5
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    5And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

  • 2 Tim 3:13
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    13But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

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    20O Timothy, guard what has been committed to your trust, avoiding profane and idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge;

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    12that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

  • Mark 4:17
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    17and have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turning away of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will destroy them.

  • Jer 7:28
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    28But you shall say to them, This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the LORD their God, nor receive correction: truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

  • Rom 1:22-23
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    22Professing to be wise, they became fools,

    23And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.

  • Eph 4:21
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    21If indeed you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

  • Jas 1:22
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    22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

  • Col 2:4
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    4And this I say, lest anyone should beguile you with enticing words.

  • Zech 7:11
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    11But they refused to heed, and shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears, so they should not hear.

  • 2 Pet 2:15
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    15They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

  • Rom 16:18
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    18For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.

  • Prov 4:15
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    15Avoid it, do not pass by it, turn from it, and pass away.