Jeremiah 23:31

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See, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who let their tongues say, He has said.

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  • Jer 23:17 : 17 They keep on saying to those who have no respect for the word of the Lord, You will have peace; and to everyone who goes on his way in the pride of his heart, they say, No evil will come to you.
  • Mic 2:11 : 11 If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.
  • 2 Chr 18:5 : 5 So the king of Israel got together all the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for God will give it into the hands of the king.
  • 2 Chr 18:10-12 : 10 And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself iron horns and said, The Lord says, Pushing back the Aramaeans with these, you will put an end to them completely. 11 And all the prophets said the same thing, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and it will go well for you, for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king. 12 Now the servant who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, See now, all the prophets with one voice are saying good things to the king; so let your words be like theirs, and say good things.
  • 2 Chr 18:19-21 : 19 And the Lord said, How may Ahab, king of Israel, be tricked into going up to Ramoth-gilead to his death? And one said one thing and one another. 20 Then a spirit came forward and took his place before the Lord and said, I will get him to do it by a trick. And the Lord said to him, How? 21 And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.
  • Isa 30:10 : 10 Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

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  • Jer 23:29-30
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    29Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?

    30For this cause I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take my words, every one from his neighbour.

  • Jer 23:32
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    32See, I am against the prophets of false dreams, says the Lord, who give them out and make my people go out of the way by their deceit and their uncontrolled words: but I did not send them or give them orders; and they will be of no profit to this people, says the Lord.

  • Mic 3:5
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    5This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.

  • Jer 23:15-16
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    15So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land.

    16This is what the Lord of armies has said: Do not give ear to the words which the prophets say to you: they give you teaching of no value: it is from themselves that their vision comes, and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

  • Jer 14:14-15
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    14Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.

    15So this is what the Lord has said about the prophets who make use of my name, though I sent them not, and say, The sword and need of food will not be in this land: the sword and need of food will put an end to those prophets.

  • Jer 27:14-16
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    14And you are not to give ear to the prophets who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon: for what they say is not true.

    15For I have not sent them, says the Lord, but they are saying what is false in my name, so that I might send you out by force, causing destruction to come on you and on your prophets.

    16And I said to the priests and to all the people, This is what the Lord has said: Give no attention to the words of your prophets who say to you, See, in a very little time now the vessels of the Lord's house will come back again from Babylon: for what they say to you is false.

  • Ezek 13:1-3
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    1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

    2Son of man, be a prophet against the prophets of Israel, and say to those prophets whose words are the invention of their hearts, Give ear to the word of the Lord;

    3This is what the Lord has said: A curse on the foolish prophets who go after the spirit which is in them and have seen nothing!

  • Ezek 13:6-9
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    6They have seen visions without substance and made use of secret arts, who say, The Lord has said; and the Lord has not sent them: hoping that the word would have effect.

    7Have you not seen a vision without substance and have you not falsely made use of secret arts, when you say, The Lord has said; though I have said nothing?

    8So this is what the Lord has said: Because your words are without substance and your visions are false, see, I am against you, says the Lord.

    9And my hand will be against the prophets who see visions without substance and who make false use of secret arts: they will not be in the secret of my people, and they will not be recorded in the list of the children of Israel, and they will not come into the land of Israel; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord.

  • Jer 29:9
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    9For they are saying to you what is false in my name: I have not sent them, says the Lord.

  • Jer 23:25-26
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    25My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,

    26Is (my word) in the hearts of the prophets who give out false words, even the prophets of the deceit of their hearts?

  • Ezek 13:16
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    16Even the prophets of Israel who say words to Jerusalem, who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace, says the Lord.

  • Jer 5:13-14
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    13And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.

    14For this reason the Lord, the God of armies, has said: Because you have said this, I will make my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and they will be burned up by it.

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    11For the prophet as well as the priest is unclean; even in my house I have seen their evil-doing, says the Lord.

  • Jer 23:21
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    21I did not send these prophets, but they went running: I said nothing to them, but they gave out the prophet's word.

  • Jer 23:1
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    1A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.

  • Ezek 34:10
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    10This is what the Lord has said: See I am against the keepers of the flock, and I will make search and see what they have done with my sheep, and will let them be keepers of my sheep no longer; and the keepers will no longer get food for themselves; I will take my sheep out of their mouths so that they may not be food for them.

  • Ezek 14:9
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    9And if the prophet, tricked by deceit, says anything, it is I the Lord by whom he has been tricked, and I will put out my hand against him, and he will be cut off from among my people Israel.

  • Jer 28:15
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    15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Give ear, now, Hananiah; the Lord has not sent you; but you are making this people put their faith in what is false.

  • Ezek 22:28
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    28And her prophets have been using whitewash, seeing foolish visions and making false use of secret arts, saying, This is what the Lord has said, when the Lord has said nothing.

  • Jer 23:34
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    34And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, A word of weight from the Lord! I will send punishment on that man and on his house.

  • Jer 27:10
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    10For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.

  • 2 Kgs 21:10
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    10And the Lord said, by his servants the prophets,

  • Isa 30:10
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    10Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

  • Jer 23:13
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    13And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong.

  • Jer 23:37
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    37This is what you are to say to the prophet, What answer has the Lord given to you? and, What has the Lord said?

  • Deut 18:20-22
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    20But the prophet who takes it on himself to say words in my name which I have not given him orders to say, or who says anything in the name of other gods, will come to his death.

    21And if you say in your hearts, How are we to be certain that the word does not come from the Lord?

    22When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him.

  • Jer 9:3
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    3Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 18:22
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    22And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of these prophets of yours; and the Lord has said evil against you.

  • Mic 3:11
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    11Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.

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    19Where now are your prophets who said to you, The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land?

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    9About the prophets. My heart is broken in me, all my bones are shaking; I am like a man full of strong drink, like a man overcome by wine; because of the Lord, and because of his holy words.

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    31The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?

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    23Because they have done shame in Israel, and have taken their neighbours' wives, and in my name have said false words, which I did not give them orders to say; and I myself am the witness, says the Lord.

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    6Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!

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    1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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    13Food enough for his young and for his she-lions was pulled down by the lion; his hole was full of flesh and his resting-place stored with meat.