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2 Chronicles 18:21

And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’

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And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

KJV

And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand it saidH559 →
אֵצֵא֙'e.Tze'I will go outH3318 →
וְהָיִ֙יתִי֙ve.ha.Yi.tiand I will becomeH1961 →
לְר֣וּחַle.Ru.ach<into> a spirit ofH7307 →
שֶׁ֔קֶרShe.kerfalsehoodH8267 →
בְּפִ֖יbe.Fiin [the] mouth ofH6310 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
נְבִיאָ֑יוne.vi.'Avprophets hisH5030 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
תְּפַתֶּה֙te.fa.Tehyou will deceiveH6601 →
וְגַם־ve.gam-and alsoH1571 →
תּוּכָ֔לtu.Khalyou will prevailH3201 →
צֵ֖אtze'go outH3318 →
וַעֲשֵׂה־va.'a.seh-and doH6213 →
כֵֽן׃KhenthusH3651 →

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John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.1 Kings 22:21–22Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ ‘By what means?’ asked the LORD.Judges 9:23God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,Revelation 20:8and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.Job 1:12“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.Job 2:6“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”Psalms 109:17The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.2 Chronicles 18:22So you see, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of these prophets of yours, and the LORD has pronounced disaster against you.”1 John 4:6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.Revelation 13:14Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.2 Chronicles 18:19And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.Genesis 3:4–5“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

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Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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