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Matthew 7:15 KJV
Matthew · chapter 7 · verse 15
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.Matthew 7:15 · King James Version
Matthew 7:15 in context
13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 John 4:1
- 2 Peter 2:1-3
- Matthew 24:11
- Mark 13:22-23
- Acts 20:29-31
- Deuteronomy 13:1-3
- Colossians 2:8
- 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
Key words (Strong's)
- prophetspseudoprophētēsone who, acting the part of a divinely inspired prophet, utters falsehoods under the name…G5578 →
- clothingendymagarment, raiment, cloak, an outer garmentG1742 →
- inwardlyesōthenfrom within, within, that which is within, the inside, your soulG2081 →
- raveningharpaxrapacious, ravenous, an extortioner, a robberG727 →
- sheep'sprobatonany four footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, small cattle , most commonly a sheep or…G4263 →
- Bewaredebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
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We have here a caution against false prophets, to take heed that we be not deceived and imposed upon by them. Prophets are properly such as foretel things to come;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-20