2 Chronicles 18:21

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.

And he said {H559}, I will go out {H3318}, and be a lying {H8267} spirit {H7307} in the mouth {H6310} of all his prophets {H5030}. And the LORD said {H559}, Thou shalt entice {H6601} him, and thou shalt also prevail {H3201}: go out {H3318}, and do {H6213} even so.

He answered, 'I will go and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.'ADONAI said, 'You will succeed in enticing him. Go, and do it.'

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.’

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.

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Cross-References

  • John 8:44 (4 votes)

    Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

  • Genesis 3:4 (2 votes)

    And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

  • Genesis 3:5 (2 votes)

    For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

  • 1 John 4:6 (2 votes)

    We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

  • Revelation 12:9 (2 votes)

    And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

  • Revelation 13:14 (2 votes)

    And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

  • Psalms 109:17 (2 votes)

    As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.