Deuteronomy 18:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

And if thou thinke in thine heart, Howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lorde hath not spoken?

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  • 1 John 4:1-3 : 1 Dearely beloued, beleeue not euery spirit, but trie the spirits whether they are of God: for many false prophets are gone out into this worlde. 2 Hereby shall ye know the Spirit of God, Euery spirit which confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God. 3 And euery spirit that confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God: but this is the spirit of Antichrist, of whome ye haue heard, how that he should come, and nowe already he is in this world.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I knowe thy workes, and thy labour, and thy patience, and howe thou canst not beare with them which are euill, and hast examined them which say they are Apostles, & are not, & hast found the liars.
  • 1 Thess 5:24 : 24 Faithfull is hee which calleth you, which will also doe it.

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  • 22 When a prophet speaketh in the Name of the Lorde, if the thing followe not nor come to passe, that is the thing which the Lorde hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not therefore be afraid of him.

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    17 And the Lord sayde vnto me, They haue well spoken.

    18 I will raise them vp a Prophet from among their brethren like vnto thee, and will put my woordes in his mouth, and he shall speake vnto them all that I shall commaund him.

    19 And whosoeuer will not hearken vnto my wordes, which he shall speake in my Name, I will require it of him.

    20 But the prophet that shall presume to speake a worde in my name, which I haue not commanded him to speake, or that speaketh in the name of other gods, euen the same prophet shall die.

  • 37 Thus shalt thou say to the Prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lorde spoken?

  • Jer 23:16-18
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    16 Thus sayth ye Lord of hosts, Heare not the wordes of the prophets that prophecie vnto you, and teach you vanitie: they speake the vision of their owne heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lorde.

    17 They say still vnto them that despise mee, The Lord hath sayde, Ye shall haue peace: and they say vnto euery one that walketh after the stubbernesse of his owne heart, No euill shall come vpon you.

    18 For who hath stand in the counsel of the Lord that he hath perceiued and heard his word? Who hath marked his worde and heard it?

  • Deut 13:1-3
    3 verses
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    1 If there arise amog you a prophet or a dreamer of dreames, (and giue thee a signe or wonder,

    2 And the signe and the wonder, which hee hath tolde thee, come to passe) saying, Let vs go after other gods, which thou hast not knowen, and let vs serue them,

    3 Thou shalt not hearken vnto the wordes of the prophet, or vnto that dreamer of dreames: for the Lord your God prooueth you, to knowe whether ye loue the Lord your God with al your heart, and with all your soule.

  • Ezek 13:6-7
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    6 They haue seene vanitie, and lying diuination, saying, The Lord sayth it, and the Lorde hath not sent them: & they haue made others to hope that they would cofirme the word of their prophecie.

    7 Haue ye not seene a vaine vision? and haue yee not spoken a lying diuination? ye say, The Lorde sayth it, albeit I haue not spoken.

  • Jer 14:14-15
    2 verses
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    14 Then the Lord said vnto me, The prophets prophecie lyes in my Name: I haue not sent them, neither did I command them, neither spake I vnto them, but they prophecie vnto you a false vision, and diuination, and vanitie, and deceitfulnes of their owne heart.

    15 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Concerning the prophets that prophecie in my Name, whom I haue not sent, yet they say, Sworde and famine shal not be in this land, by sword and famine shal those prophets be consumed.

  • 37 Who is he then that sayth, & it commeth to passe, and the Lord commandeth it not?

  • 21 The Lorde therefore speaketh thus of the men of Anathoth, (that seeke thy life, and say, Prophecie not in the Name of the Lorde, that thou die not by our hands)

  • Ezek 13:1-3
    3 verses
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    1 And ye word of ye Lord came vnto me, saying,

    2 Sonne of man, prophecie against the prophets of Israel, that prophecie, and say thou vnto them, that prophecie out of their owne hearts, Heare the worde of the Lorde.

    3 Thus sayth the Lorde God, Woe vnto the foolish Prophets that followe their owne spirit, and haue seene nothing.

  • 18 But to the King of Iudah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, so shal ye say vnto him, Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel, The wordes that thou hast heard, shal come to passe.

  • 9 And the Prophet which prophecieth of peace, when the word of the Prophet shall come to passe, then shall the Prophet be knowen that the Lorde hath truely sent him.

  • 12 If thou shalt heare say (concerning any of thy cities which the Lord thy God hath giuen thee to dwell in)

  • 35 Thus shall yee say euery one to his neighbour, and euerie one to his brother, What hath the Lorde answered? and what hath the Lorde spoken?

  • 21 And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

  • 15 Then sayd the Prophet Ieremiah vnto the Prophet Hananiah, Heare nowe Hananiah, the Lorde hath not sent thee, but thou makest this people to trust in a lye.

  • 13 And the Prophetes shall be as winde, and the worde is not in them: thus shall it come vnto them.

  • 21 I haue not sent these prophets, sayth the Lord, yet they ranne; I haue not spoken to them, and yet they prophecied.

  • 20 To the Law, and to the testimonie, if they speake not according to this worde: it is because there is no light in them.

  • 10 Therefore the Lorde spake by his seruants the Prophets, saying,

  • 21 Therefore I haue this day declared it you, but you haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me vnto you.

  • 6 And hee saide, Heare nowe my wordes, If there be a Prophet of the Lord among you, I will be knowen to him by a vision, and will speake vnto him by dreame.

  • 1 The word of ye Lord came to me againe, saying,

  • 6 They that prophecied, Prophecie ye not. They shall not prophecie to them, neither shall they take shame.

  • 9 And if the Prophet be deceiued, when hee hath spoken a thing, I the Lorde haue deceiued that Prophet, and I will stretch out mine hande vpon him, and will destroy him from the middes of my people of Israel.

  • 15 For I haue not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophecie a lie in my name, that I might cast you out, and that ye might perish, both you, and the prophets that prophecie vnto you.

  • 11 For the Lorde spake thus to me in taking of mine hand, and taught me, that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying,

  • 5 But that prophet, or that dreamer of dreames, he shall be slaine, because hee hath spoken to turne you away from the Lord your God (which brought you out of the lande of Egypt, and deliuered you out of the house of bodage) to thrust thee out of the way, wherein the Lorde thy God commanded thee to walke: so shalt thou take the euill away foorth of the middes of thee.

  • 33 And when this commeth to passe (for loe, it will come) then shall they know, that a Prophet hath bene among them.

  • 16 Now therefore heare thou the word of the Lord. Thou sayest, Prophecie not against Israel, & speake nothing against the house of Izhak.

  • 1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

  • 1 And the worde of the Lorde came vnto mee, saying,

  • 20 Declare this in the house of Iaakob, and publish it in Iudah, saying,

  • 9 For they prophecie you a lie in my Name: I haue not sent them, saith the Lorde.

  • 4 And thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord, If ye will not heare me to walke in my Lawes, which I haue set before you,

  • 23 For it shalbe that euery person which shall not heare that Prophet, shall be destroyed out of the people.

  • 21 And hee cried vnto the man of God that came from Iudah, saying, Thus sayeth the Lorde, Because thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lorde, and hast not kept the commaundement which the Lord thy God commanded thee,

  • 21 But if thou wilt refuse to go forth, this is the worde that the Lorde hath shewed me.

  • 1 Heare ye the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto you, O house of Israel.