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What Does the Bible Say About Fairy Tales?

Here are 9 Bible verses about fairy tales, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #11 Timothy 1:4

    Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

    BSBor devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.

  2. #2Colossians 2:8

    Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

    BSBSee to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

  3. #32 Peter 1:16

    For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

    BSBFor we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

  4. #4Titus 1:14

    Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

    BSBand will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

  5. #52 Timothy 4:4

    And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

    BSBSo they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

  6. #61 Timothy 4:7

    But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

    BSBBut reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.

  7. #7Matthew 13:34-35

    All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

    BSBJesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

  8. #82 Timothy 3:16

    All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

    BSBAll Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

  9. #91 Corinthians 2:14

    But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

    BSBThe natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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