Amos 7:16

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 20:46 : 46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
  • Ezek 21:2 : 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
  • Mic 2:6 : 6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
  • Amos 7:13 : 13 But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
  • Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the w, as the small rain upon the tenr herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
  • 1 Sam 15:16 : 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
  • 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
  • Isa 30:10 : 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
  • Jer 28:15-17 : 15 Then said the prophet emiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.

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  • 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

  • 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

  • 4 Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

  • 1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:

  • Mic 2:6-7
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    6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

    7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

  • Ezek 21:1-2
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    1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

    2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

  • 1 The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying,

  • 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 7 Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people;

  • 13 But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.

  • Ezek 13:1-2
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    1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

    2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

  • 13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,

  • 16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

  • 1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lentation, O house of Israel.

  • 7 So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

  • 14 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

  • 16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole fily which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,

  • 6 Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of usalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.

  • 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 4 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

  • 3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,

  • 11 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

  • 16 To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.

  • 4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

  • 11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

  • 1 The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying,

  • 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jerobo with the sword.

  • 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

  • 7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

  • 7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?

  • 4 And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

  • 21 Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:

  • 1 Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

  • 17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

  • 1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  • 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

  • 28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

  • 1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:

  • 8 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 15 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

  • 12 The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

  • 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

  • 16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.