What Does the Bible Say About Pretend?

Revelation 22:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Matthew 19:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. ...

James 2:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

Galatians 5:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Revelation 9:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2 Peter 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

1 Corinthians 15:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Romans 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Matthew 19:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? ...

Matthew 15:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Job 31:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?

Jude 1:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

1 John 5:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For there are three that testify:

1 John 2:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ...

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

Acts 1:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

(Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.

John 5:39 ESV / 1 helpful vote

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

Mark 10:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

34 Bible Verses about Pretend

Revelation 22:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 19:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 2:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 5:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 9:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 15:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 31:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jude 1:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 5:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 2:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 1:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 5:39 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Mark 10:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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34 Bible Verses about Pretend

Revelation 22:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 19:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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James 2:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 9:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Revelation 22:15 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 19:18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 11:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Acts 2:38 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Luke 16:19-31 ESV / 4 helpful votes

James 2:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Galatians 5:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 9:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 1:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 2:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 17:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 19:1-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 15:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Job 31:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jude 1:3 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 5:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 John 2:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Ephesians 4:1-32 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 6:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 1:18 ESV / 1 helpful vote

John 5:39 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Mark 10:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote