Jeremiah 23:16

New Century Version

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Don’t pay attention to what those prophets are saying to you. They are trying to fool you. They talk about visions their own minds made up, not about visions from me.

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the Lord said to me, “Those prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They have been prophesying false visions, idolatries, worthless magic, and their own wishful thinking.

Ezekiel 13:6

Your prophets see false visions and prophesy lies. They say, “This is the message of the Lord,” when the Lord has not sent them. But they still hope their words will come true.

Matthew 7:15

“Be careful of false prophets. They come to you looking gentle like sheep, but they are really dangerous like wolves.

Ezekiel 13:3

This is what the Lord God says: How terrible it will be for the foolish prophets who follow their own ideas and have not seen a vision from me!

1 John 4:1

My dear friends, many false prophets have gone out into the world. So do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God.

Jeremiah 23:21

I did not send those prophets, but they ran to tell their message. I did not speak to them, but they prophesied anyway.

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected the Lord’s laws and the agreement he had made with their ancestors. And they refused to listen to his warnings. They worshiped useless idols and became useless themselves. They did what the nations around them did, which the Lord had warned them not to do.

Micah 2:11

But you people want a false prophet who will tell you nothing but lies. You want one who promises to prophesy good things for you if you give him wine and beer. He’s just the prophet for you.

Jeremiah 23:26

How long will this continue in the minds of these lying prophets? They prophesy from their own wishful thinking.

Ezekiel 22:28

And the prophets try to cover this up by false visions and by lying messages. They say, ‘This is what the Lord God says’ when the Lord has not spoken.

Ezekiel 13:23

So you will not see false visions or prophesy anymore, and I will save my people from your power so you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

Ezekiel 13:16

The prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem and who see visions of peace for the city, when there is no peace, will be gone, says the Lord God.” ’

Jeremiah 29:8

The Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, says: “Don’t let the prophets among you and the people who do magic fool you. Don’t listen to their dreams.

Jeremiah 9:20

Now, women of Judah, listen to the word of the Lord ; open your ears to hear the words of his mouth. Teach your daughters how to cry loudly. Teach one another a funeral song.

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: “I was fair to your ancestors, so why did they turn away from me? Your ancestors worshiped useless idols and became useless themselves.

Proverbs 19:27

Don’t stop listening to correction, my child, or you will forget what you have already learned.

Romans 1:21

They knew God, but they did not give glory to God or thank him. Their thinking became useless. Their foolish minds were filled with darkness.

Jeremiah 9:12

What person is wise enough to understand these things? Is there someone who has been taught by the Lord who can explain them? Why was the land ruined? Why has it been made like an empty desert where no one goes?

Lamentations 2:9

Jerusalem’s gates have fallen to the ground; he destroyed and smashed the bars of the gates. Her king and her princes are among the nations. The teaching of the Lord has stopped, and the prophets do not have visions from the Lord.

1 Kings 22:11

Zedekiah son of Kenaanah had made some iron horns. He said to Ahab, “This is what the Lord says, ‘You will use these horns to fight the Arameans until they are destroyed.’ ”

2 Chronicles 18:5

So King Ahab called four hundred prophets together and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth in Gilead or not?” They answered, “Go, because God will hand them over to you.”

Jeremiah 29:23

They have done evil things among the people of Israel. They are guilty of adultery with their neighbors’ wives. They have also spoken lies and said those lies were a message from me. I did not tell them to do that. I know what they have done; I am a witness to it,” says the Lord.