Deuteronomy 13:1

Good News Translation

“Prophets or interpreters of dreams may promise a miracle or a wonder,

Cross References

1 Kings 13:18

Then the old prophet from Bethel said to him, “I, too, am a prophet just like you, and at the Lord's command an angel told me to take you home with me and offer you my hospitality.” But the old prophet was lying.

1 Kings 13:19

So the prophet from Judah went home with the old prophet and had a meal with him.

Proverbs 30:6

If you claim that he said something that he never said, he will reprimand you and show that you are a liar.”

Isaiah 9:15

The old and honorable men are the head—and the tail is the prophets whose teachings are lies!

Jeremiah 23:11

The Lord says, “The prophets and the priests are godless; I have caught them doing evil in the Temple itself.

Jeremiah 23:32

Listen to what I, the Lord, say! I am against the prophets who tell their dreams that are full of lies. They tell these dreams and lead my people astray with their lies and their boasting. I did not send them or order them to go, and they are of no help at all to the people. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 27:9

Do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim they can predict the future, either by dreams or by calling up the spirits of the dead or by magic. They all tell you not to submit to the king of Babylonia.

Jeremiah 29:24

The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, gave me a message for Shemaiah of Nehelam, who had sent a letter in his own name to all the people of Jerusalem and to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah and to all the other priests. In this letter Shemaiah wrote to Zephaniah:

Jeremiah 29:26

“The Lord made you a priest in place of Jehoiada, and you are now the chief officer in the Temple. It is your duty to see that every crazy person who pretends to be a prophet is placed in chains with an iron collar around the neck.

Jeremiah 29:8

I, the Lord, the God of Israel, warn you not to let yourselves be deceived by the prophets who live among you or by any others who claim they can predict the future. Do not pay any attention to their dreams.

Jeremiah 6:13

Everyone, great and small, tries to make money dishonestly; even prophets and priests cheat the people.

Ezekiel 13:23

So now your false visions and misleading predictions are over. I am rescuing my people from your power, so that you will know that I am the Lord.”

Zechariah 10:2

People consult idols and fortunetellers, but the answers they get are lies and nonsense. Some interpret dreams, but only mislead you; the comfort they give is useless. So the people wander about like lost sheep. They are in trouble because they have no leader.

Zechariah 13:4

When that time comes, no prophet will be proud of his visions or act like a prophet or wear a prophet's coarse garment in order to deceive people.

Matthew 24:11

Then many false prophets will appear and fool many people.

Matthew 24:24

For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear; they will perform great miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if possible.

Matthew 7:15

“Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves.

Mark 13:22

For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will perform miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if possible.

Luke 6:26

“How terrible when all people speak well of you; their ancestors said the very same things about the false prophets.

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.’

Deuteronomy 4:1

Then Moses said to the people, “Obey all the laws that I am teaching you, and you will live and occupy the land which the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 4:2

Do not add anything to what I command you, and do not take anything away. Obey the commands of the Lord your God that I have given you.

2 Thessalonians 2:9

The Wicked One will come with the power of Satan and perform all kinds of false miracles and wonders,

2 Peter 2:1

False prophets appeared in the past among the people, and in the same way false teachers will appear among you. They will bring in destructive, untrue doctrines, and will deny the Master who redeemed them, and so they will bring upon themselves sudden destruction.

1 John 4:1

My dear friends, do not believe all who claim to have the Spirit, but test them to find out if the spirit they have comes from God. For many false prophets have gone out everywhere.