Jeremiah 29:8

New American Bible - revised edition

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,

Cross References

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 23:16

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.

Jeremiah 23:21

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

Jeremiah 23:25

I have heard the prophets who prophesy lies in my name say, “I had a dream! I had a dream!”

Jeremiah 23:27

By the dreams they tell each other, they plan to make my people forget my name, just as their ancestors forgot my name for Baal.

Jeremiah 27:9

You, however, must not listen to your prophets, to your diviners and dreamers, to your soothsayers and sorcerers, who say to you, “Do not serve the king of Babylon.”

Jeremiah 28:15

And Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet: Listen to this, Hananiah! The Lord has not sent you, and you have led this people to rely on deception.

Jeremiah 29:1

These are the words of the scroll which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Jeremiah 29:15

As for your saying, “The Lord has raised up for us prophets here in Babylon”—

Jeremiah 29:21

This is what the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab, son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah, son of Maaseiah, who prophesy lies to you in my name: I am handing them over to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who will kill them before your eyes.

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 37:9

Thus says the Lord: Do not deceive yourselves, saying: “The Chaldeans are surely leaving us forever.” They are not!

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests teach on their own authority; Yet my people like it this way; what will you do when the end comes?

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets provided you visions of whitewashed illusion; They did not lay bare your guilt, in order to restore your fortunes; They saw for you only oracles of empty deceit.

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!

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.

Zechariah 13:4

On that day, all prophets will be ashamed of the visions they prophesy; and they will not put on the hairy mantle to mislead,

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will arise, and they will perform signs and wonders so great as to deceive, if that were possible, even the elect.

Luke 21:8

He answered, “See that you not be deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come.’ Do not follow them!

Luke 6:26

Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way. Love of Enemies.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites, and by fair and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Ephesians 4:14

so that we may no longer be infants, tossed by waves and swept along by every wind of teaching arising from human trickery, from their cunning in the interests of deceitful scheming.

Ephesians 5:6

Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the disobedient.

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Let no one deceive you in any way. For unless the apostasy comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one doomed to perdition,

2 Timothy 3:13

But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived.

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.

Revelation 13:14

It deceived the inhabitants of the earth with the signs it was allowed to perform in the sight of the first beast, telling them to make an image for the beast who had been wounded by the sword and revived.

Revelation 19:20

The beast was caught and with it the false prophet who had performed in its sight the signs by which he led astray those who had accepted the mark of the beast and those who had worshiped its image. The two were thrown alive into the fiery pool burning with sulfur.