Jeremiah 23:16

New American Bible - revised edition

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Do not listen to the words of your prophets, who fill you with emptiness; They speak visions from their own fancy, not from the mouth of the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:11

Zedekiah, son of Chenaanah, made himself two horns of iron and said, “The Lord says, With these you shall gore Aram until you have destroyed them.”

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected his statutes, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the warnings he had given them. They followed emptiness and became empty; they followed the surrounding nations whom the Lord had commanded them not to imitate.

2 Chronicles 18:5

The king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred of them, and asked, “Shall we go to fight against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” They said, “Attack. God will give it into the power of the king.”

Proverbs 19:27

My son, stop attending to correction; start straying from words of knowledge.

Jeremiah 14:14

These prophets utter lies in my name, the Lord said to me: I did not send them; I gave them no command, nor did I speak to them. They prophesy to you lying visions, foolish divination, deceptions from their own imagination.

Jeremiah 2:5

thus says the Lord: What fault did your ancestors find in me that they withdrew from me, Went after emptiness, and became empty themselves?

Jeremiah 23:21

I did not send these prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

Jeremiah 23:26

How long? Will the hearts of the prophets who prophesy lies and their own deceitful fancies ever turn back?

Jeremiah 29:23

because they have committed an outrage in Israel, committing adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and alleging in my name things I did not command. I know, I am witness—oracle of the Lord. The False Prophet Shemaiah.

Jeremiah 29:8

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners who are among you; do not listen to those among you who dream dreams,

Jeremiah 9:12

The Lord said: Because they have abandoned my law, which I set before them, and did not listen to me or follow it,

Jeremiah 9:20

Death has come up through our windows, has entered our citadels, To cut down children in the street, young people in the squares.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates sank into the ground; he smashed her bars to bits. Her king and her princes are among the nations; instruction is wanting, Even her prophets do not obtain any vision from the Lord.

Ezekiel 13:16

the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem and see visions of peace for it when there is no peace—oracle of the Lord God. Against Witches.

Ezekiel 13:23

therefore you shall no longer see false visions or practice divination again. I will deliver my people from your hand. Thus you shall know that I am the Lord.

Ezekiel 13:3

Thus says the Lord God: Woe to those prophets, the fools who follow their own spirit and see nothing.

Ezekiel 13:6

False visions! Lying divinations! They say, “The oracle of the Lord,” even though the Lord did not send them. Then they expect their word to be confirmed!

Ezekiel 22:28

And her prophets cover them with whitewash, seeing false visions and performing lying divinations, saying, “Thus says the Lord God,” although the Lord has not spoken.

Micah 2:11

If one possessed of a lying spirit speaks deceitfully, saying, “I will preach to you wine and strong drink,” that one would be the preacher for this people.

Matthew 7:15

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves.

Romans 1:21

for although they knew God they did not accord him glory as God or give him thanks. Instead, they became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not trust every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they belong to God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.