Jer.23.16

Jeremiah 23:16

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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.

Lying Prophets

Cross References

Matthew 7:15

KJV Jesus

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

A Tree and Its Fruit

2 Corinthians 11:13

KJV

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

Paul and the False Apostles

Galatians 1:8

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But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

No Other Gospel

Galatians 1:9

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As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

No Other Gospel

1 John 4:1

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Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Testing the Spirits

Jeremiah 9:12

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¶ Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

A Lament over Zion

Jeremiah 9:20

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Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

A Lament over Zion

Jeremiah 14:14

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Then 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.

Drought, Famine, Sword, and Plague

Jeremiah 27:9

KJV GOD

Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar

Jeremiah 27:10

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For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar

Lamentations 2:9

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Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.

God’s Anger over Jerusalem

Ezekiel 13:3

KJV GOD

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

Reproof of False Prophets

Ezekiel 13:6

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They 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.