Jeremiah 23:21

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I did not send these prophets, yet they ran. I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

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  • Jer 14:14 : 14 The LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I did not send them, command them, or speak to them. They are seeing false visions, giving worthless divinations and deceitful messages from their own hearts.
  • Jer 27:15 : 15 For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, yet they prophesy lies in my name, so that I might drive you out, and you will perish—you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.
  • Jer 23:32 : 32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams, declares the LORD. They tell them and lead My people astray with their lies and reckless boasting. Yet I did not send or command them to do so, and they do not benefit these people at all, declares the LORD.
  • Isa 6:8 : 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us?" And I said, "Here I am. Send me!"
  • Jer 28:15 : 15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, 'Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, but you have led this people to trust in falsehood.'
  • Jer 29:9 : 9 For they are prophesying falsely in my name. I have not sent them, declares the LORD.
  • Jer 29:31 : 31 Send this message to all the exiles: This is what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite—Shemaiah has prophesied to you though I did not send him, and he has made you trust in a lie.
  • John 20:21 : 21 Jesus said to them again, 'Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, I am also sending you.'
  • Acts 13:4 : 4 So being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
  • Rom 10:15 : 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of peace, who bring the good news of good things!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 27:14-16
    3 verses
    80%

    14 Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying lies to you.

    15 For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, yet they prophesy lies in my name, so that I might drive you out, and you will perish—you and the prophets who are prophesying to you.

    16 Then I said to the priests and all this people: This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, ‘The articles of the LORD’s house will soon be returned from Babylon.’ They are prophesying lies to you.

  • Jer 14:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14 The LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I did not send them, command them, or speak to them. They are seeing false visions, giving worthless divinations and deceitful messages from their own hearts.

    15 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them, and who declare, 'No sword or famine will touch this land': By sword and famine, those prophets will meet their end.

  • Jer 29:19
    77%

    19 I will do this because they have not listened to my words—this is the LORD's declaration—that I sent to them again and again through my servants the prophets. And you also have not listened—this is the LORD's declaration.

  • Jer 29:9
    76%

    9 For they are prophesying falsely in my name. I have not sent them, declares the LORD.

  • Jer 23:22
    75%

    22 But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.

  • Jer 23:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

    17 They keep saying to those who despise the LORD, ‘The LORD says you will have peace.’ And to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his heart they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’

  • 2 Kgs 21:10
    74%

    10 The LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying:

  • Jer 23:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31 Yes, I am against the prophets, declares the LORD, who wag their tongues and declare, ‘This is the LORD’s declaration.’

    32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams, declares the LORD. They tell them and lead My people astray with their lies and reckless boasting. Yet I did not send or command them to do so, and they do not benefit these people at all, declares the LORD.

  • Ezek 13:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is the declaration of the LORD,’ when the LORD has not sent them, and they hope to fulfill their words.

    7 Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you say, ‘Thus says the LORD,’ but I have not spoken?

  • Jer 26:5
    74%

    5 ...and listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have persistently sent to you (though you have not listened),

  • 2 Chr 24:19
    73%

    19 The Lord sent prophets among them to bring them back to Him, but though the prophets testified against them, they refused to listen.

  • Jer 35:15
    73%

    15 I sent all My servants the prophets to you persistently, saying: 'Turn now, each one of you, from your evil ways and correct your deeds. Do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you shall dwell in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.' But you did not incline your ear or listen to Me.

  • Jer 23:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25 I have heard what the prophets who prophesy falsely in My name are saying: 'I have dreamed! I have dreamed!'

    26 How long will this continue in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of deceit in their own hearts?

  • Deut 18:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21 You may say to yourselves, 'How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?'

    22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be afraid of him.

  • Jer 23:13
    71%

    13 Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgraceful: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

  • Jer 42:21
    71%

    21 I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God or anything He has sent me to tell you.

  • Jer 25:4
    71%

    4 The LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ears to hear.

  • Jer 7:25
    71%

    25 From the day your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I sent all my servants the prophets to you, again and again.

  • Jer 5:13
    70%

    13 The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them; therefore, let what they say be done to them.

  • Jer 44:4
    70%

    4 I sent you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying: 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.'

  • Jer 35:17
    70%

    17 Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Behold, I am bringing upon Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster I have spoken against them because I spoke to them, but they did not listen; I called to them, but they did not answer.'

  • Jer 2:8
    70%

    8 The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds rebelled against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed worthless things.

  • Jer 22:21
    70%

    21 I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, 'I will not listen.' This has been your way since your youth; you have not obeyed me.

  • Jer 25:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 But you have not listened to me, declares the LORD, and you have provoked me to anger with the works of your hands, to your own harm.

    8 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Because you have not listened to my words—

  • Jer 23:11
    69%

    11 For both prophet and priest have become corrupt. Even in My house I have found their wickedness, declares the LORD.

  • Mic 2:6
    69%

    6 'Do not preach,' they preach. 'Do not preach about such things; disgrace will not overtake us.'

  • Hos 12:10
    69%

    10 I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt. I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of the appointed festivals.

  • Ezek 13:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD.

    3 This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

  • Ezek 22:28
    69%

    28 Her prophets plaster false visions for them, prophesying lies and saying, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.

  • Jer 28:15
    69%

    15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, 'Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, but you have led this people to trust in falsehood.'

  • Mic 3:5
    69%

    5 This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim peace when they have something to eat but prepare for war against those who do not feed them.

  • Ezek 21:1
    69%

    1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Ezek 12:21
    68%

    21 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Jer 9:13
    68%

    13 Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and went after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.

  • Jer 26:12
    68%

    12 But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, 'The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.'

  • Jer 11:8
    68%

    8 Yet they did not listen or incline their ear; instead, each one followed the stubbornness of their own evil heart. So I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to obey but they did not.

  • Jer 23:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture, declares the LORD.

    2 Therefore, this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the shepherds who tend My people: You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I am about to punish you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.

  • Num 24:12
    68%

    12 Balaam answered Balak, 'Did I not tell your messengers that you sent to me,'

  • Jer 7:13
    68%

    13 Now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and though I spoke to you persistently, you did not listen, and though I called you, you did not answer,