Jeremiah 23:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Don't listen to the lies of these false prophets, you people of Judah! The message they preach is something they imagined; it did not come from me, the LORD All-Powerful.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:11

Zedekiah son of Chenaanah was one of the prophets. He had made some horns out of iron and shouted, “Ahab, the LORD says you will attack the Syrians like a bull with iron horns and wipe them out!”

2 Kings 17:15

They ignored the LORD's warnings and commands, and they rejected the solemn agreement he had made with their ancestors. They worshipped worthless idols and became worthless themselves. The LORD had told the Israelites not to do the things that the foreign nations around them were doing, but Israel became just like them.

2 Chronicles 18:5

Ahab sent for four hundred prophets and asked, “Should I attack the city of Ramoth?” “Yes!” the prophets answered. “God will help you capture the city.”

Proverbs 19:27

If you stop learning, you will forget what you already know.

Jeremiah 14:14

The LORD answered: They claim to speak for me, but they're lying! I didn't even speak to them, much less choose them to be my prophets. Their messages come from worthless dreams, useless fortune-telling, and their own imaginations.

Jeremiah 2:5

and I, the LORD, will speak. I was never unfair to your ancestors, but they left me and became worthless by following worthless idols.

Jeremiah 23:21

I did not send these prophets or speak to them, but they ran to find you and to preach their message.

Jeremiah 23:26

But everything they say comes from their own twisted minds. How long can this go on?

Jeremiah 29:8

Some of your people there in Babylonia are fortune-tellers, and you have asked them to tell you what will happen in the future. But they will only lead you astray. And don't let the prophets fool you, either. They speak in my name, but they are liars. I have not spoken to them.

Jeremiah 9:12

I said to the LORD, “None of us can understand why the land has become like an uncrossable desert. Won't you explain why?”

Jeremiah 9:20

“We ask you women to pay attention to what the LORD says. We will teach you a funeral song that you can teach your daughters and friends:

Lamentations 2:9

Zion's gates have fallen face down on the ground; the bars that locked the gates are smashed to pieces. Her king and royal family are prisoners in foreign lands. Her priests don't teach, and her prophets don't have a message from the LORD.

Ezekiel 13:16

because they promised my people peace, when there was no peace. I, the LORD God, have spoken.

Ezekiel 13:23

I will no longer let these women give false messages and use magic, and I will free my people from their control. Then they will know that I, the LORD, have done these things.

Ezekiel 13:3

I, the LORD God, say those lying prophets are doomed! They don't see visions—they make up their own messages!

Ezekiel 13:6

Those prophets lie by claiming they speak for me, but I have not even chosen them to be my prophets. And they still think their words will come true.

Ezekiel 22:28

And then the prophets in Israel cover-up these sins by giving false visions. I have never spoken to them, but they lie and say they have a message from me.

Micah 2:11

The only prophet you want is a liar who will say, “Drink and get drunk!”

Matthew 7:15

Watch out for false prophets! They dress up like sheep, but inside they are wolves who have come to attack you.

Romans 1:21

They know about God, but they don't honour him or even thank him. Their thoughts are useless, and their stupid minds are in the dark.

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, don't believe everyone who claims to have the Spirit of God. Test them all to find out if they really do come from God. Many false prophets have already gone out into the world,