Bible Cross References
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Jeremiah 23:16
The LORD Almighty said to the people of Jerusalem, "Do not listen to what the prophets say; they are filling you with false hopes. They tell you what they have imagined and not what I have said.
Jeremiah 27:14-22
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Do not listen to the prophets who tell you not to surrender to him. They are deceiving you.
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The LORD himself has said that he did not send them and that they are lying to you in his name. And so he will drive you out, and you will be killed, you and the prophets who are telling you these lies."
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Then I told the priests and the people that the LORD had said: "Do not listen to the prophets who say that the Temple treasures will soon be brought back from Babylonia. They are lying to you.
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Don't listen to them! Submit to the king of Babylonia and you will live! Why should this city become a pile of ruins?
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If they are really prophets and if they have my message, let them ask me, the LORD Almighty, not to allow the treasures that remain in the Temple and in the royal palace to be taken to Babylonia."
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(When King Nebuchadnezzar took away to Babylonia the king of Judah, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, and the leading men of Judah and Jerusalem, he left the columns, the bronze tank, the carts, and some of the other Temple treasures.)
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(SEE 27:19)
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"Listen to what I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, say about the treasures that are left in the Temple and in the royal palace in Jerusalem:
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They will be taken to Babylonia and will remain there until I turn my attention to them. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Jeremiah 28:15-17
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Then I told Hananiah this, and added, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, and you are making these people believe a lie.
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And so the LORD himself says that he is going to get rid of you. Before this year is over you will die because you have told the people to rebel against the LORD."
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And Hananiah died in the seventh month of that same year.
Jeremiah 29:21-23
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"The LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, has spoken about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are telling you lies in his name. He has said that he will hand them over to the power of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, who will put them to death before your eyes.
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When the people who were taken away as prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylonia want to bring a curse on someone, they will say, 'May the LORD treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylonia roasted alive!'
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This will be their fate because they are guilty of terrible sins---they have committed adultery and have told lies in the LORD's name. This was against the LORD's will; he knows what they have done, and he is a witness against them. The LORD has spoken."
Jeremiah 29:31-23
Deuteronomy 13:1-18
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"Prophets or interpreters of dreams may promise a miracle or a wonder,
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in order to lead you to worship and serve gods that you have not worshiped before. Even if what they promise comes true,
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do not pay any attention to them. The LORD your God is using them to test you, to see if you love the LORD with all your heart.
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Follow the LORD and honor him; obey him and keep his commands; worship him and be faithful to him.
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But put to death any interpreters of dreams or prophets that tell you to rebel against the LORD, who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. Such people are evil and are trying to lead you away from the life that the LORD has commanded you to live. They must be put to death, in order to rid yourselves of this evil.
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"Even your brother or your son or your daughter or the wife you love or your closest friend may secretly encourage you to worship other gods, gods that you and your ancestors have never worshiped.
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Some of them may encourage you to worship the gods of the people who live near you or the gods of those who live far away.
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But do not let any of them persuade you; do not even listen to them. Show them no mercy or pity, and do not protect them.
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Kill them! Be the first to stone them, and then let everyone else stone them too.
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Stone them to death! They tried to lead you away from the LORD your God, who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.
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Then all the people of Israel will hear what happened; they will be afraid, and no one will ever again do such an evil thing.
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"When you are living in the towns that the LORD your God gives you, you may hear
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that some worthless people of your nation have misled the people of their town to worship gods that you have never worshiped before.
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If you hear such a rumor, investigate it thoroughly; and if it is true that this evil thing did happen,
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then kill all the people in that town and all their livestock too. Destroy that town completely.
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Bring together all the possessions of the people who live there and pile them up in the town square. Then burn the town and everything in it as an offering to the LORD your God. It must be left in ruins forever and never again be rebuilt.
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Do not keep for yourselves anything that was condemned to destruction, and then the LORD will turn from his fierce anger and show you mercy. He will be merciful to you and make you a numerous people, as he promised your ancestors,
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if you obey all his commands that I have given you today, and do what he requires.
Deuteronomy 18:20
But if any prophet dares to speak a message in my name when I did not command him to do so, he must die for it, and so must any prophet who speaks in the name of other gods.'
Isaiah 3:12
Moneylenders oppress my people, and their creditors cheat them. My people, your leaders are misleading you, so that you do not know which way to turn.
Ezekiel 13:7-18
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I tell them: Those visions you see are false, and the predictions you make are lies. You say that they are my words, but I haven't spoken to you!"
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So the Sovereign LORD says to them, "Your words are false, and your visions are lies. I am against you.
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I am about to punish you prophets who have false visions and make misleading predictions. You will not be there when my people gather to make decisions; your names will not be included in the list of the citizens of Israel; you will never return to your land. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.
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"The prophets mislead my people by saying that all is well. All is certainly not well! My people have put up a wall of loose stones, and then the prophets have come and covered it with whitewash.
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Tell the prophets that their wall is going to fall down. I will send a pouring rain. Hailstones will fall on it, and a strong wind will blow against it.
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The wall will collapse, and everyone will ask you what good the whitewash did."
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Now this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "In my anger I will send a strong wind, pouring rain, and hailstones to destroy the wall.
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I intend to break down the wall they whitewashed, to shatter it, and to leave the foundation stones bare. It will collapse and kill you all. Then everyone will know that I am the LORD.
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"The wall and those who covered it with whitewash will feel the force of my anger. Then I will tell you that the wall is gone and so are those who whitewashed it---
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those prophets who assured Jerusalem that all was well, when all was not well!" The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
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The LORD said, "Now, mortal man, look at the women among your people who make up predictions. Denounce them
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and tell them what the Sovereign LORD is saying to them: "You women are doomed! You sew magic wristbands for everyone and make magic scarves for everyone to wear on their heads, so that they can have power over other people's lives. You want to possess the power of life and death over my people and to use it for your own benefit.
Zechariah 13:2
At that time I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and no one will remember them any more. I will get rid of anyone who claims to be a prophet and will take away the desire to worship idols.
Zechariah 13:3
Then if anyone still insists on prophesying, his own father and mother will tell him that he must be put to death, because he claimed to speak the LORD's word, but spoke lies instead. When he prophesies, his own father and mother will stab him to death.
Revelation 19:20
The beast was taken prisoner, together with the false prophet who had performed miracles in his presence. (It was by those miracles that he had deceived those who had the mark of the beast and those who had worshiped the image of the beast.) The beast and the false prophet were both thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
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Zephaniah 3:4
The prophets are irresponsible and treacherous; the priests defile what is sacred, and twist the law of God to their own advantage.
2 Corinthians 1:17
In planning this, did I appear fickle? When I make my plans, do I make them from selfish motives, ready to say "Yes, yes" and "No, no" at the same time?
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Jeremiah 23:22
If they had known my secret thoughts, then they could have proclaimed my message to my people and could have made them give up the evil lives they live and the wicked things they do.
Jeremiah 7:8
"Look, you put your trust in deceitful words.
Lamentations 2:14
Your prophets had nothing to tell you but lies; Their preaching deceived you by never exposing your sin. They made you think you did not need to repent.
Matthew 15:14
"Don't worry about them! They are blind leaders of the blind; and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch."