Verse 5

They will not follow a stranger; rather, they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.

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  • 1 John 4:5-6 : 5 They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. Whoever 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 error.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars.
  • 1 Kgs 22:7 : 7 But Jehoshaphat asked, 'Is there not another prophet of the LORD here whom we can inquire of?'
  • Prov 19:27 : 27 Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
  • Mark 4:24 : 24 He said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and more will be added to you.
  • Eph 4:11-15 : 11 And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors, and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ, 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, into a mature man, to the measure of the stature that belongs to the fullness of Christ. 14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit. 15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head—Christ.
  • Col 2:6-9 : 6 Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in him. 7 Be rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, based on human tradition and the elemental principles of the world rather than on Christ. 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily. 10 And you have been made complete in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.
  • 2 Tim 3:5-7 : 5 They will have a form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people. 6 They are the kind who creep into homes and capture weak-willed women who are burdened with sins and led astray by various desires. 7 Always learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
  • 2 Tim 4:3 : 3 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they will gather teachers for themselves to satisfy their itching ears.
  • 1 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and every kind of slander. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk so that by it you may grow in your salvation, 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their going out showed that none of them belonged to us.
  • 1 John 2:21 : 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
  • Luke 8:18 : 18 Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. For whoever has will be given more; but whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken away from them.