Biblical Fact Checking


  • intellectual humility (accepting the possibility that self may be wrong)
    • If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. James 1:5 ESV
    • The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 ESV
    • Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15

  • there are lies in this world
    • 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. John 8:44

  • we are not against each other but against false ideas
    • For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12

  • truth might be bitter to our former wrong ideas but we should continue studying
    • It tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned sour. 11 Then I was told, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings. Revelation 10:10-11

  • Should not contradict older reputable prophets
    • To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20
    • Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Matthew 5:17

  • Statistics / Clinical Trials / Results
    • Ye shall know them by their fruits. Matthew 7:16
    • count the cost Luke 14:28
    • Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety. Proverbs 11:14
    • 21You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?” 22When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him. Deuteronomy 18:21-22
  • Conspiracy Theories
    • For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 2 Tim 4:3
    • So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.… 2 Tim 4:4
    • Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. Isaiah 8:12
    • Thou shalt not bear false witness ... Exodus 20:16
    • Thou shalt not covet ... Exodus 20:17
      • The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. Proverbs 12:24
    • The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. Proverbs 27:12 NIV
    • The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. Proverbs 22:3 NIV
    • How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge? Proverbs 1:22
    • What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1:9 NIV
  • quality of reference
    • government official references
      • Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Romans 13:1
      • The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. Proverbs 12:24
    • more high quality reference more credibility of an idea
      • Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety. Proverbs 11:14
    • logic is considering both sides
      • The first to speak in court sounds right— until the cross-examination begins. Proverbs 18:17 NLT
      • He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. Proverbs 18:13
    • sources that have previous credibility
      • The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him. Jeremiah 28:9
      • So when it comes to pass--and surely it will come--then they will know that a prophet has been among them. Ezekiel 33:33
      • When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him. Deuteronomy 18:22

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