Jeremiah 23:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Jer 14:14 : 14 Then the LORD said to me, 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I have not sent them, nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision and divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.'
  • Jer 27:15 : 15 For I have not sent them, says the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that you might perish, you, and the prophets that prophesy to you.
  • Jer 23:32 : 32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams, says the LORD, and who tell them and cause my people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says the LORD.
  • Isa 6:8 : 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us? Then I said, Here am I; send me.
  • Jer 28:15 : 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie.
  • Jer 29:9 : 9 For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, says the LORD.
  • Jer 29:31 : 31 Send to all the exiles, saying, Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you and I did not send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie.
  • John 20:21 : 21 Then Jesus said to them again, Peace be to you! As my Father has sent me, I also send you.
  • Acts 13:4 : 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
  • Rom 10:15 : 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 27:14-16
    3 verses
    80%

    14 Therefore do not listen to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you.

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

    16 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus says the LORD; Do not listen to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you.

  • Jer 14:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14 Then the LORD said to me, 'The prophets prophesy lies in My name; I have not sent them, nor commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision and divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.'

    15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, and I have not sent them, yet they say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land'—by sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed.

  • Jer 29:19
    77%

    19 Because they have not heeded my words, says the LORD, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you would not hear, says the LORD.

  • Jer 29:9
    76%

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

  • Jer 23:22
    75%

    22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their deeds.

  • Jer 23:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you vain; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

    17 They still say to those who despise me, 'The LORD has said, You shall have peace.' And they say to everyone who walks after the imagination of his own heart, 'No evil shall come upon you.'

  • 2 Kgs 21:10
    74%

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

  • Jer 23:31-32
    2 verses
    74%

    31 Behold, I am against the prophets, says the LORD, who use their tongues and say, 'He says.'

    32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams, says the LORD, and who tell them and cause my people to err by their lies and by their recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says the LORD.

  • Ezek 13:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 They have seen falsehood and lying divination, saying, 'The LORD says'; but the LORD has not sent them. And they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.

    7 Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, when you say, 'The LORD says it,' although I have not spoken?

  • Jer 26:5
    74%

    5 To listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you, rising early and sending them, but you have not listened;

  • 2 Chr 24:19
    73%

    19 Yet He sent prophets to them, to bring them again to the LORD; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.

  • Jer 35:15
    73%

    15 I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.

  • Jer 23:25-26
    2 verses
    72%

    25 I have heard what the prophets said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'

    26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

  • Deut 18:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21 And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?

    22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not follow or come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken, but the prophet has spoken it presumptuously: you shall not be afraid of him.

  • Jer 23:13
    71%

    13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal and caused my people Israel to err.

  • Jer 42:21
    71%

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

  • Jer 25:4
    71%

    4 And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

  • Jer 7:25
    71%

    25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day I have even sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

  • Jer 5:13
    70%

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

  • Jer 44:4
    70%

    4 However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.

  • Jer 35:17
    70%

    17 Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered.

  • Jer 2:8
    70%

    8 The priests did not say, Where is the LORD? and those who handle the law did not know me: the shepherds also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

  • Jer 22:21
    70%

    21 I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear. This has been your manner from your youth, that you obeyed not my voice.

  • Jer 25:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 Yet you have not listened to Me, says the LORD; that you might provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands to your own harm.

    8 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts; Because you have not heard My words,

  • Jer 23:11
    69%

    11 For both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness, says the LORD.

  • Mic 2:6
    69%

    6 Do not prophesy, they say to those who prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they may not take shame.

  • Hos 12:10
    69%

    10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used parables, by the ministry of the prophets.

  • Ezek 13:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts, 'Hear the word of the LORD.'

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

  • Ezek 22:28
    69%

    28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the Lord GOD, when the LORD has not spoken.

  • Jer 28:15
    69%

    15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie.

  • Mic 3:5
    69%

    5 Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who make my people err, who bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that puts not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

  • Ezek 21:1
    69%

    1 And 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 And the LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it;

  • Jer 26:12
    68%

    12 Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

  • Jer 11:8
    68%

    8 Yet they did not obey nor incline their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart. Therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not do.

  • Jer 23:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.

    2 Therefore, thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, says the LORD.

  • Num 24:12
    68%

    12 And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,

  • Jer 7:13
    68%

    13 And now, because you have done all these works, says the LORD, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not listen; and I called you, but you did not answer;