Bible Cross References
prophets
Isaiah 9:15
The old and honorable men are the head---and the tail is the prophets whose teachings are lies!
Isaiah 9:16
Those who lead these people have misled them and totally confused them.
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests did not ask, 'Where is the LORD?' My own priests did not know me. The rulers rebelled against me; the prophets spoke in the name of Baal and worshiped useless idols.
Jeremiah 5:31
prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?"
Jeremiah 6:13
Everyone, great and small, tries to make money dishonestly; even prophets and priests cheat the people.
Jeremiah 6:14
They act as if my people's wounds were only scratches. 'All is well,' they say, when all is not well.
Jeremiah 8:10
So I will give their fields to new owners and their wives to other men. Everyone, great and small, tries to make money dishonestly. Even prophets and priests cheat the people.
Jeremiah 8:11
They act as if my people's wounds were only scratches. 'All is well,' they say, when all is not well.
Jeremiah 14:13-15
13
Then I said, "Sovereign LORD, you know that the prophets are telling the people that there will be no war or starvation, because you have promised, they say, that there will be only peace in our land."
14
But the LORD replied, "The prophets are telling lies in my name; I did not send them, nor did I give them any orders or speak one word to them. The visions they talk about have not come from me; their predictions are worthless things that they have imagined.
15
I, the LORD, tell you what I am going to do to those prophets whom I did not send but who speak in my name and say war and starvation will not strike this land---I will kill them in war and by starvation.
Jeremiah 23:11-17
11
The LORD says, "The prophets and the priests are godless; I have caught them doing evil in the Temple itself.
12
The paths they follow will be slippery and dark; I will make them stumble and fall. I am going to bring disaster on them; the time of their punishment is coming. I, the LORD, have spoken.
13
I have seen the sin of Samaria's prophets: they have spoken in the name of Baal and have led my people astray.
14
But I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem do even worse: they commit adultery and tell lies; they help people to do wrong, so that no one stops doing what is evil. To me they are all as bad as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
15
"So then, this is what I, the LORD Almighty, say about the prophets of Jerusalem: I will give them bitter plants to eat and poison to drink, because they have spread ungodliness throughout the land."
16
The LORD Almighty said to the people of Jerusalem, "Do not listen to what the prophets say; they are filling you with false hopes. They tell you what they have imagined and not what I have said.
17
To the people who refuse to listen to what I have said, they keep saying that all will go well with them. And they tell everyone who is stubborn that disaster will never touch them."
Jeremiah 27:14-16
14
Do not listen to the prophets who tell you not to surrender to him. They are deceiving you.
15
The LORD himself has said that he did not send them and that they are lying to you in his name. And so he will drive you out, and you will be killed, you and the prophets who are telling you these lies."
16
Then I told the priests and the people that the LORD had said: "Do not listen to the prophets who say that the Temple treasures will soon be brought back from Babylonia. They are lying to you.
Jeremiah 28:15
Then I told Hananiah this, and added, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, and you are making these people believe a lie.
Jeremiah 29:8
I, the LORD, the God of Israel, warn you not to let yourselves be deceived by the prophets who live among you or by any others who claim they can predict the future. Do not pay any attention to their dreams.
Jeremiah 29:9
They are telling you lies in my name. I did not send them. I, the LORD Almighty, have spoken.'
Jeremiah 37:19
What happened to your prophets who told you that the king of Babylonia would not attack you or the country?
Ezekiel 13:2-16
2
"Mortal man," he said, "denounce the prophets of Israel who make up their own prophecies. Tell them to listen to the word of the LORD."
3
This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "These foolish prophets are doomed! They provide their own inspiration and invent their own visions.
4
People of Israel, your prophets are as useless as foxes living among the ruins of a city.
5
They don't guard the places where the walls have crumbled, nor do they rebuild the walls, and so Israel cannot be defended when war comes on the day of the LORD.
6
Their visions are false, and their predictions are lies. They claim that they are speaking my message, but I have not sent them. Yet they expect their words to come true!
7
I tell them: Those visions you see are false, and the predictions you make are lies. You say that they are my words, but I haven't spoken to you!"
8
So the Sovereign LORD says to them, "Your words are false, and your visions are lies. I am against you.
9
I am about to punish you prophets who have false visions and make misleading predictions. You will not be there when my people gather to make decisions; your names will not be included in the list of the citizens of Israel; you will never return to your land. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.
10
"The prophets mislead my people by saying that all is well. All is certainly not well! My people have put up a wall of loose stones, and then the prophets have come and covered it with whitewash.
11
Tell the prophets that their wall is going to fall down. I will send a pouring rain. Hailstones will fall on it, and a strong wind will blow against it.
12
The wall will collapse, and everyone will ask you what good the whitewash did."
13
Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "In my anger I will send a strong wind, pouring rain, and hailstones to destroy the wall.
14
I intend to break down the wall they whitewashed, to shatter it, and to leave the foundation stones bare. It will collapse and kill you all. Then everyone will know that I am the LORD.
15
"The wall and those who covered it with whitewash will feel the force of my anger. Then I will tell you that the wall is gone and so are those who whitewashed it---
16
those prophets who assured Jerusalem that all was well, when all was not well!" The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Micah 2:11
"These people want the kind of prophet who goes around full of lies and deceit and says, 'I prophesy that wine and liquor will flow for you.'
Micah 3:5-7
5
My people are deceived by prophets who promise peace to those who pay them, but threaten war for those who don't. To these prophets the LORD says,
6
"Prophets, your day is almost over; the sun is going down on you. Because you mislead my people, you will have no more prophetic visions, and you will not be able to predict anything."
7
Those who predict the future will be disgraced by their failure. They will all be humiliated because God does not answer them.
2 Peter 2:1-3
1
False prophets appeared in the past among the people, and in the same way false teachers will appear among you. They will bring in destructive, untrue doctrines, and will deny the Master who redeemed them, and so they will bring upon themselves sudden destruction.
2
Even so, many will follow their immoral ways; and because of what they do, others will speak evil of the Way of truth.
3
In their greed these false teachers will make a profit out of telling you made-up stories. For a long time now their Judge has been ready, and their Destroyer has been wide awake!
they have
Isaiah 58:1
The LORD says, "Shout as loud as you can! Tell my people Israel about their sins!
Jeremiah 23:22
If they had known my secret thoughts, then they could have proclaimed my message to my people and could have made them give up the evil lives they live and the wicked things they do.
Ezekiel 13:22
"By your lies you discourage good people, whom I do not wish to hurt. You prevent evil people from giving up evil and saving their lives.
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Jeremiah 23:14-17
14
But I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem do even worse: they commit adultery and tell lies; they help people to do wrong, so that no one stops doing what is evil. To me they are all as bad as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.
15
"So then, this is what I, the LORD Almighty, say about the prophets of Jerusalem: I will give them bitter plants to eat and poison to drink, because they have spread ungodliness throughout the land."
16
The LORD Almighty said to the people of Jerusalem, "Do not listen to what the prophets say; they are filling you with false hopes. They tell you what they have imagined and not what I have said.
17
To the people who refuse to listen to what I have said, they keep saying that all will go well with them. And they tell everyone who is stubborn that disaster will never touch them."
Jeremiah 23:31-17
Jeremiah 23:32-17
Jeremiah 27:9
Do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim they can predict the future, either by dreams or by calling up the spirits of the dead or by magic. They all tell you not to submit to the king of Babylonia.
Jeremiah 27:10
They are deceiving you and will cause you to be taken far away from your country. I will drive you out, and you will be destroyed.
Ezekiel 22:25
The leaders are like lions roaring over the animals they have killed. They kill the people, take all the money and property they can get, and by their murders leave many widows.
Ezekiel 22:28
The prophets have hidden these sins like workers covering a wall with whitewash. They see false visions and make false predictions. They claim to speak the word of the Sovereign LORD, but I, the LORD, have not spoken to them.
Micah 3:5
My people are deceived by prophets who promise peace to those who pay them, but threaten war for those who don't. To these prophets the LORD says,
Zephaniah 3:4
The prophets are irresponsible and treacherous; the priests defile what is sacred, and twist the law of God to their own advantage.