John 10:5

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.

Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth.

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—

But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of Yahweh here, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him?” One of the king of Israel’s servants answered, “Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy, and tell them, even the shepherds, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Shouldn’t the shepherds feed the sheep?

For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

But know this: that in the last days, grievous times will come.

But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.

“I know your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn’t deny my name.

“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.

Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac.”

If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: “I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink;” he would be the prophet of this people.

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.

For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away.

‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.

I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

I myself am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

but there isn’t another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine,

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

certain wicked fellows have gone out from among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods,” which you have not known,

Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.

to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?

Yahweh says, “Be careful, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”

He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

“Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.”

“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. I have kept those whom you have given me. None of them is lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

Brothers, if any among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;

The elder, to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those who know the truth,

Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t believe.

They said to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.”

“I know your works and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. You hold firmly to my name, and didn’t deny my faith in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of him?”

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says Yahweh.

Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves. He was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.

Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

But if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he doesn’t yet know as he ought to know.

though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness.

For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts,

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”