Bible verses about "manipulation" | ACV

¹⁸ Thou shall not allow a sorceress to live.

⁴ And having answered, Jesus said to them, See that not any man may lead you astray.

¹⁰ Finally my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. ¹¹ Put on the full armor of God to enable you to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹² Because our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principal offices, against the positions of authority, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against the spiritual things of wickedness in the heavenly things. ¹³ Because of this take ye up the full armor of God, so that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand ye therefore having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having shod your feet in preparation of the good news of peace. ¹⁶ Above all having taken up the shield of faith, by which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of evil. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, ¹⁸ praying through every prayer and entreaty at every time in spirit, and being alert in this same thing in all perseverance and entreaty for all the sanctified,

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, wraths, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, ²¹ envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

⁴ Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up. ⁵ It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil, ⁶ does not rejoice in wrong but rejoices in the truth, ⁷ covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

¹ Stand firm therefore in the liberty in which Christ freed us, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

¹ But the Spirit says expressly that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,

⁶ not to transgress and to cheat his brother in the affair, because the Lord is vengeful about all these things, as also we forewarned you and solemnly testified.

¹⁸ For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.

⁴ But that issue was because of those false brothers smuggled in, who sneaked in to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might enslave us,

²⁰ If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

¹⁴ And no marvel, for even Satan disguises himself into an agent of light.

¹⁵ But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are predatory wolves.

¹ But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come. ² For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, impious, ³ devoid of natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, no lovers of good, ⁴ traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, ⁵ having a form of piety, but repudiating the power of it. Now turn away from these men,