Bible Cross References
the evil spirit
1 Samuel 16:14
The LORD's spirit left Saul, and an evil spirit sent by the LORD tormented him.
1 Samuel 16:15
His servants said to him, "We know that an evil spirit sent by God is tormenting you.
1 Samuel 19:9
One day an evil spirit from the LORD took control of Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was there, playing his harp.
1 Samuel 26:19
Your Majesty, listen to what I have to say. If it is the LORD who has turned you against me, an offering to him will make him change his mind; but if some people have done it, may the LORD's curse fall on them. For they have driven me out from the LORD's land to a country where I can only worship foreign gods.
and he prophesied
1 Samuel 19:24
He took off his clothes and danced and shouted in Samuel's presence, and lay naked all that day and all that night. (This is how the saying originated, "Has even Saul become a prophet?")
1 Kings 18:29
They kept on ranting and raving until the middle of the afternoon; but no answer came, not a sound was heard.
1 Kings 22:12
All the other prophets said the same thing. "March against Ramoth and you will win," they said. "The LORD will give you victory."
1 Kings 22:20-23
20
The LORD asked, 'Who will deceive Ahab so that he will go and be killed at Ramoth?' Some of the angels said one thing, and others said something else,
21
until a spirit stepped forward, approached the LORD, and said, 'I will deceive him.'
22
'How?' the LORD asked. The spirit replied, 'I will go and make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies.' The LORD said, 'Go and deceive him. You will succeed.' "
23
And Micaiah concluded: "This is what has happened. The LORD has made these prophets of yours lie to you. But he himself has decreed that you will meet with disaster!"
Jeremiah 28:2-4
2
that the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, had said: "I have broken the power of the king of Babylonia.
3
Within two years I will bring back to this place all the Temple treasures that King Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylonia.
4
I will also bring back the king of Judah, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, along with all of the people of Judah who went into exile in Babylonia. Yes, I will break the power of the king of Babylonia. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Jeremiah 28:11-4
Zechariah 13:2-5
2
At that time I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and no one will remember them any more. I will get rid of anyone who claims to be a prophet and will take away the desire to worship idols.
3
Then if anyone still insists on prophesying, his own father and mother will tell him that he must be put to death, because he claimed to speak the LORD's word, but spoke lies instead. When he prophesies, his own father and mother will stab him to death.
4
When that time comes, no prophet will be proud of his visions or act like a prophet or wear a prophet's coarse garment in order to deceive people.
5
Instead, he will say, 'I am not a prophet. I am a farmer---I have farmed the land all my life.'
Acts 16:16
One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a young servant woman who had an evil spirit that enabled her to predict the future. She earned a lot of money for her owners by telling fortunes.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
And so God sends the power of error to work in them so that they believe what is false.
played
1 Samuel 16:16
So give us the order, sir, and we will look for a man who knows how to play the harp. Then when the evil spirit comes on you, the man can play his harp, and you will be all right again."
1 Samuel 16:23
From then on, whenever the evil spirit sent by God came on Saul, David would get his harp and play it. The evil spirit would leave, and Saul would feel better and be all right again.