Jeremiah 23:32

Modern English Version

Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams, says the Lord, and recount them and cause My people to err by their lies and reckless boasting. Yet I did not send them or command them. Therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says the Lord.

Cross References

Job 13:4

But you are plasterers of falsehood; you are all physicians of no value.

Isaiah 3:12

As for My people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

Isaiah 9:15

The elder and honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.

Jeremiah 23:13

In addition, I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal and caused My people Israel to err.

Jeremiah 23:16

Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They lead you into vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

Jeremiah 23:25

I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, “I had a dream, I had a dream!”

Jeremiah 23:31

Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who use their tongues and say, “The Lord says.”

Jeremiah 29:31

Send to all the captives, saying, Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you though I did not send, and he caused you to trust in a lie,

Jeremiah 7:8

Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit.

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not revealed your iniquity, to bring back your captives, but have seen for you oracles that are false and misleading.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; her priests have profaned the sanctuary and done violence to the law.

Zechariah 10:2

For the household Teraphim idols speak wickedness, and the diviners envision lies. They utter false dreams, and provide comfort that does not last. So the people wander about like sheep; they are afflicted because there is no shepherd.

Matthew 15:14

Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.”

2 Corinthians 1:17

Therefore, when I was planning this, did I do this lightly? Or the things that I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, so that I would tell you “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?

Deuteronomy 18:20

But the prophet, who presumes to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods—that prophet shall die.”

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with brimstone.