loolalooh
Well-Known Member
So I thought this would be an interesting question. What misquoted/misused scriptures have you heard? Here are some that I've heard:
1. "Money is the root of all evil."
The "love" of money (i.e., greed), not money, is the root of all evil.
Actual verse: 1 TIMOTHY 6:10 - "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."
2. "God helps those who help themselves."
Actual verse: None. It is not in the Bible.
Forgotten verses:
JEREMIAH 17:5 "This is what the LORD says:
“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who draws strength from mere flesh
and whose heart turns away from the LORD."
PROVERBS 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight."
3. "Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands ..."
This is part of an actual verse (EPHESIANS 5:22). However, it is usually taken out of context. Husbands should not abuse the submission of their wives.
The forgotten verses: EPHESIANS 5 "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself."
4. "Ask and ye shall receive."
This is a fragment of actual verses (MATTHEW 21:22, 7:7), but is generally taken out of context to mean receiving any and everything one asks for. We must keep in mind God's character (good, pure) and God's will when we ask for things (shown throughout the BIBLE).
Forgotten verses: Jesus speaking on the bigger topic of faith (to the apostles in performing miracles, in this particular case)
MATTHEW 21:
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
5. "He who is without sin, cast the first stone."
The actual verse (JOHN 8:7) is taken out of context to ward off people from confronting sin in others or to excuse a sinful lifestyle. In actuality, we should help brothers/sisters overcome sin.
Actual verse: Jesus protecting a woman from punishment and telling her to sin to no more, JOHN 8:
So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up[g] and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” ... 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours?[j] Has no one condemned you?”
11 She said, “No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and[k] sin no more.”
Forgotten verses:
Helping individual believers overcome sin:
GALATIANS 6: "Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently."
Disciplining open, flagrant sin within the church:
1 CORINTHIANS 5:2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this?
1. "Money is the root of all evil."
The "love" of money (i.e., greed), not money, is the root of all evil.
Actual verse: 1 TIMOTHY 6:10 - "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."
2. "God helps those who help themselves."
Actual verse: None. It is not in the Bible.
Forgotten verses:
JEREMIAH 17:5 "This is what the LORD says:
“Cursed is the one who trusts in man,
who draws strength from mere flesh
and whose heart turns away from the LORD."
PROVERBS 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight."
3. "Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands ..."
This is part of an actual verse (EPHESIANS 5:22). However, it is usually taken out of context. Husbands should not abuse the submission of their wives.
The forgotten verses: EPHESIANS 5 "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself."
4. "Ask and ye shall receive."
This is a fragment of actual verses (MATTHEW 21:22, 7:7), but is generally taken out of context to mean receiving any and everything one asks for. We must keep in mind God's character (good, pure) and God's will when we ask for things (shown throughout the BIBLE).
Forgotten verses: Jesus speaking on the bigger topic of faith (to the apostles in performing miracles, in this particular case)
MATTHEW 21:
Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
5. "He who is without sin, cast the first stone."
The actual verse (JOHN 8:7) is taken out of context to ward off people from confronting sin in others or to excuse a sinful lifestyle. In actuality, we should help brothers/sisters overcome sin.
Actual verse: Jesus protecting a woman from punishment and telling her to sin to no more, JOHN 8:
So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up[g] and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” ... 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours?[j] Has no one condemned you?”
11 She said, “No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and[k] sin no more.”
Forgotten verses:
Helping individual believers overcome sin:
GALATIANS 6: "Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently."
Disciplining open, flagrant sin within the church:
1 CORINTHIANS 5:2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this?