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Every list in one place: supposed contradictions, misused verses, prophecies, names, parables, creeds, and the rest. With no section picked you see all of them. Pick one or more sections to narrow it, then filter by words, verse, kind, or tag. Unroll a row for the answer.
Looking for a word? The Glossary has its own page, and so does The Covenants with its teaching.
A true verse, cut short or moved out of its setting, can still mislead. Find the verse, see how it gets misused, then read what it is actually saying.
Judge Not
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The verse is stopped before Jesus finishes the thought, and people hear a ban on ever calling anything wrong.
I Can Do All Things
Pulled away from Paul's words about hunger and plenty, the verse becomes a slogan for winning.
Plans to Prosper You
A promise to exiles in Babylon gets trimmed into a personal life plan.
No Weapon Formed Against You
A comfort spoken to Zion is lifted out and used as a personal force field.
Ask Anything in My Name
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The words in My name get dropped, and the promise becomes a vending machine.
Where Two or Three Are Gathered
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A verse about discipline gets moved to a small meeting, as if God were absent when you pray alone.
Touch Not My Anointed
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A warning not to harm God's chosen people is moved onto a pastor, so that no one may test what he teaches.
Give, and It Will Be Given
A word about how we treat people is sold as a law for raising money.
This Kind Comes Out Only by Prayer
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Words about a demon the disciples could not drive out are turned into a technique for any hard problem.
Train Up a Child
A proverb is read as a contract: use the right method, and the child can never turn away.
A Merry Heart Does Good Like Medicine
A proverb about cheer is made to mean that sadness is sin, or that a good mood cures disease.
The Borrower Is Slave to the Lender
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A proverb about debt is hardened into a ban on every mortgage and every hospital bill.
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child
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A proverb about discipline is shrunk to one tool, and then either worshiped or thrown out.
If My People Who Are Called by My Name
God's answer to Solomon about Israel, its land, and its temple is preached as a promise to a modern country.
Open the Windows of Heaven
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A rebuke to a people who were robbing God's house is sold as a giving plan with a guaranteed overflow.
The Lord Will Fight for You
Israel's night at the Red Sea is laid over a decision God never spoke to.
Every Place the Sole of Your Foot Treads
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God's gift of Canaan to Joshua is used to claim neighborhoods, nations, or property.
We Which Are Alive Shall Not Prevent
The old English word prevent is heard as stop, as if the living could block the dead.
He Who Now Letteth Will Let
The old English word let is heard as allow, and the one who restrains becomes one who permits.
Our Conversation Is in Heaven
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In older English, conversation meant citizenship or way of life, not small talk.
Suffer the Little Children
In older English, suffer meant allow. The verse has nothing to do with making children suffer.
Replenish the Earth
In 1611, replenish meant fill. It did not mean refill after an earlier world.
Thou Shalt Not Kill
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The old wording was fine for its day, but heard in today's English it sounds like God forbids every killing, and the same law says otherwise.