Jeremiah 27:9

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

Exodus 22:18

“Put to death any woman who practices magic.

Exodus 7:11

Then the king called for his wise men and magicians, and by their magic they did the same thing.

Proverbs 19:27

My child, when you stop learning, you will soon neglect what you already know.

Isaiah 8:19

But people will tell you to ask for messages from fortunetellers and mediums, who chirp and mutter. They will say, “After all, people should ask for messages from the spirits and consult the dead on behalf of the living.”

Jeremiah 14:14

But the Lord replied, “The prophets are telling lies in my name; I did not send them, nor did I give them any orders or speak one word to them. The visions they talk about have not come from me; their predictions are worthless things that they have imagined.

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 23:25

I know what those prophets have said who speak lies in my name and claim that I have given them my messages in their dreams.

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 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.

Ezekiel 21:29

The visions that you see are false, and the predictions you make are lies. You are wicked and evil, and your day is coming, the day of your final punishment. The sword is going to fall on your necks.

Daniel 4:7

Then all the fortunetellers, magicians, wizards, and astrologers were brought in, and I told them my dream, but they could not explain it to me.

Micah 3:7

Those who predict the future will be disgraced by their failure. They will all be humiliated because God does not answer them.

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.

Malachi 3:5

The Lord Almighty says, “I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners—against all who do not respect me.

Acts 8:11

They paid this attention to him because for such a long time he had astonished them with his magic.

Ephesians 5:6

Do not let anyone deceive you with foolish words; it is because of these very things that God's anger will come upon those who do not obey him.

Deuteronomy 13:2

in order to lead you to worship and serve gods that you have not worshiped before. Even if what they promise comes true,

Deuteronomy 18:14

Then Moses said, “In the land you are about to occupy, people follow the advice of those who practice divination and look for omens, but the Lord your God does not allow you to do this.

Joshua 13:22

Among those whom the people of Israel killed was the fortune teller Balaam son of Beor.

Revelation 18:23

Never again will the light of a lamp be seen in you; no more will the voices of brides and grooms be heard in you. Your merchants were the most powerful in all the world, and with your false magic you deceived all the peoples of the world!”

Revelation 21:8

But cowards, traitors, perverts, murderers, the immoral, those who practice magic, those who worship idols, and all liars—the place for them is the lake burning with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

But outside the city are the perverts and those who practice magic, the immoral and the murderers, those who worship idols and those who are liars both in words and deeds.

Revelation 9:21

Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic, their sexual immorality, or their stealing.