Acts 14:10-13
14:10 he said with a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.”
And the man
leaped up and began walking.
14:11 So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted
in the Lycaonian language,
“The gods have come down to us in human form!”
14:12 They began to call
Barnabas Zeus
and Paul Hermes,
because he was the chief speaker.
14:13 The priest of the temple
of Zeus,
located just outside the city, brought bulls
and garlands
to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
Psalms 12:2
12:2 People lie to one another;
they flatter and deceive.
Daniel 6:7
6:7 To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays
to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions.
Jude 1:16
1:16 These people are grumblers and
fault-finders who go
wherever their desires lead them,
and they give bombastic speeches,
enchanting folks
for their own gain.
Revelation 13:4
13:4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority
to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying: “Who is like the beast?” and “Who is able to make war against him?”