Zechariah 13:2

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:22

‘How?’ the Lord asked. The spirit replied, ‘I will go and make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies.’ The Lord said, ‘Go and deceive him. You will succeed.’”

Psalm 16:4

Those who rush to other gods bring many troubles on themselves. I will not take part in their sacrifices; I will not worship their gods.

Exodus 22:13

If it was killed by wild animals, the man is to bring the remains as evidence; he need not pay for what has been killed by wild animals.

Exodus 23:13

“Listen to everything that I, the Lord, have said to you. Do not pray to other gods; do not even mention their names.

Isaiah 2:20

When that day comes, they will throw away the gold and silver idols they have made, and abandon them to the moles and the bats.

Jeremiah 29:23

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.”

Ezekiel 12:24

“Among the people of Israel there will be no more false visions or misleading prophecies.

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.”

Ezekiel 14:9

“If any prophets are deceived into giving a false answer, it is because I, the Lord, have deceived them. I will remove them from the people of Israel.

Ezekiel 30:13

The Sovereign Lord says, “I will destroy the idols and the false gods in Memphis. There will be no one to rule Egypt, and I will terrify all the people.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean from all your idols and everything else that has defiled you.

Ezekiel 36:29

I will save you from everything that defiles you. I will command the grain to be plentiful, so that you will not have any more famines.

Ezekiel 37:23

They will not defile themselves with disgusting idols any more or corrupt themselves with sin. I will free them from all the ways in which they sin and betray me. I will purify them; they will be my people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 43:7

“Mortal man, here is my throne. I will live here among the people of Israel and rule them forever. Neither the people of Israel nor their kings will ever again disgrace my holy name by worshiping other gods or by burying the corpses of their dead kings.

Ezekiel 6:6

All the cities of Israel will be destroyed, so that all their altars and their idols will be smashed to pieces, their incense altars will be shattered, and everything they made will disappear.

Hosea 14:8

The people of Israel will have nothing more to do with idols; I will answer their prayers and take care of them. Like an evergreen tree I will shelter them; I am the source of all their blessings.”

Hosea 2:17

I will never let her speak the name of Baal again.

Hosea 2:19

Israel, I will make you my wife; I will be true and faithful; I will show you constant love and mercy and make you mine forever.

Micah 2:11

“These people want the kind of prophet who goes around full of lies and deceit and says, ‘I prophesy that wine and liquor will flow for you.’

Zephaniah 2:11

The Lord will terrify them. He will reduce the gods of the earth to nothing, and then every nation will worship him, each in its own land.

Matthew 12:43

“When an evil spirit goes out of a person, it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest. If it can't find one,

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.

Luke 11:20

No, it is rather by means of God's power that I drive out demons, and this proves that the Kingdom of God has already come to you.

Deuteronomy 12:3

Tear down their altars and smash their sacred stone pillars to pieces. Burn their symbols of the goddess Asherah and chop down their idols, so that they will never again be worshiped at those places.

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.’

Joshua 23:7

and then you will not associate with these peoples left among you or speak the names of their gods or use those names in taking vows or worship those gods or bow down to them.

Revelation 18:2

He cried out in a loud voice: “She has fallen! Great Babylon has fallen! She is now haunted by demons and unclean spirits; all kinds of filthy and hateful birds live in her.

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.