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18 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
11 sections
- False is Deceived by Pride
- False is Ignorant of God and Truth
- False is Inconsiderate and Forgetful
- False: from the Evils of Sin; Promises Peace and a Long Life
- False: God is Against It
- False: Its Refuges Will be Scattered
- False: Leads to Increased Guilt
- False: Puts off the Evil Day
- False: Relies on Earthly Treasures
- False: Ruin Will Overtake It
- False: Trusts in Lies
False is Deceived by Pride
- Obadiah 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
- Revelation 18:7 As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
False is Ignorant of God and Truth
- Psalm 10:4 In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
- Psalm 50:21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
False is Inconsiderate and Forgetful
- Isaiah 47:7 You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
False: from the Evils of Sin; Promises Peace and a Long Life
- Job 29:18 So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
False: God is Against It
- Jeremiah 21:13 Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau — declares the LORD — you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
- Ezekiel 39:6 I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.
- Amos 6:1 Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
False: Its Refuges Will be Scattered
- Isaiah 28:17 I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
False: Leads to Increased Guilt
- Ecclesiastes 8:11 When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
False: Puts off the Evil Day
- Amos 6:3 You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
False: Relies on Earthly Treasures
- Jeremiah 49:4 Why do you boast of your valleys— your valleys so fruitful, O faithless daughter? You trust in your riches and say, ‘Who can come against me?’
- Jeremiah 49:16 The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” …
False: Ruin Will Overtake It
- Isaiah 47:9 These two things will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells.
- Amos 9:10 All the sinners among My people will die by the sword — all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”
False: Trusts in Lies
- Isaiah 28:15 For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
- Revelation 3:17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.