Deuteronomy 18:21

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 4:1-3 : 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which a evil: and thou hast tried them which say they a apostles, and a not, and hast found them liars:
  • 1 Thess 5:24 : 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

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    87%

    22When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

  • Deut 18:17-20
    4 verses
    83%

    17And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.

    18I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

    19And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

    20But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not command him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

  • Jer 23:37
    77%

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

  • Jer 23:16-18
    3 verses
    76%

    16Thus 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.

    17They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

    18For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?

  • Deut 13:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonr,

    2And the sign or the wonr come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

    3Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • Ezek 13:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.

    7Have 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?

  • Jer 14:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

    15Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

  • Lam 3:37
    73%

    37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

  • Jer 11:21
    73%

    21Therefore 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:

  • Ezek 13:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

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

    2Son 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;

    3Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
    72%

    18But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;

  • Jer 28:9
    72%

    9The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.

  • Deut 13:12
    72%

    12If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,

  • Jer 23:35
    72%

    35Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

  • Ezek 12:21
    72%

    21And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • Jer 28:15
    72%

    15Then 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.

  • Jer 5:13
    72%

    13And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

  • Jer 23:21
    72%

    21I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

  • Isa 8:20
    72%

    20To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  • 2 Kgs 21:10
    71%

    10And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,

  • Jer 42:21
    71%

    21And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.

  • Num 12:6
    71%

    6And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.

  • Ezek 21:1
    71%

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

  • Mic 2:6
    71%

    6Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

  • Ezek 14:9
    71%

    9And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

  • Jer 27:15
    71%

    15For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

  • Isa 8:11
    71%

    11For 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,

  • Deut 13:5
    71%

    5And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to ath; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and reemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God command thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

  • Ezek 33:33
    71%

    33And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.

  • Amos 7:16
    71%

    16Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

  • Lev 18:1
    71%

    1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Ezek 17:1
    71%

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

  • Jer 5:20
    70%

    20Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

  • Jer 29:9
    70%

    9For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.

  • Jer 26:4
    70%

    4And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

  • Acts 3:23
    70%

    23And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

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    70%

    21And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,

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    21But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:

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