Jeremiah 5:31

New King James Version

The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?

Cross References

1 Kings 22:6

Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to fight, or shall I refrain?” So they said, “Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer gives heed to false lips; A liar listens eagerly to a spiteful tongue.

Isaiah 10:3

What will you do in the day of punishment, And in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?

Isaiah 20:6

And the inhabitant of this territory will say in that day, ‘Surely such is our expectation, wherever we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?’ ”

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: “Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”

Isaiah 43:27

Your first father sinned, And your mediators have transgressed against Me.

Isaiah 47:7

And you said, ‘I shall be a lady forever,’ So that you did not take these things to heart, Nor remember the latter end of them.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long will the land mourn, And the herbs of every field wither? The beasts and birds are consumed, For the wickedness of those who dwell there, Because they said, “He will not see our final end.”

Jeremiah 14:14

And the Lord said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.

Jeremiah 26:7

So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord.

Lamentations 1:9

Her uncleanness is in her skirts; She did not consider her destiny; Therefore her collapse was awesome; She had no comforter. “O Lord, behold my affliction, For the enemy is exalted!”

Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets have seen for you False and deceptive visions; They have not uncovered your iniquity, To bring back your captives, But have envisioned for you false prophecies and delusions.

Lamentations 4:13

Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who shed in her midst The blood of the just.

Lamentations 4:18

They tracked our steps So that we could not walk in our streets. Our end was near; Our days were over, For our end had come.

Ezekiel 13:10

“Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace—and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with untempered mortar—

Ezekiel 13:6

They have envisioned futility and false divination, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord!’ But the Lord has not sent them; yet they hope that the word may be confirmed.

Ezekiel 22:14

Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong, in the days when I shall deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and will do it.

Hosea 4:9

And it shall be: like people, like priest. So I will punish them for their ways, And reward them for their deeds.

Hosea 6:10

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: There is the harlotry of Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

Hosea 9:5

What will you do in the appointed day, And in the day of the feast of the Lord?

Micah 2:11

If a man should walk in a false spirit And speak a lie, saying, ‘I will prophesy to you of wine and drink,’ Even he would be the prattler of this people.

Micah 2:6

“Do not prattle,” you say to those who prophesy. So they shall not prophesy to you; They shall not return insult for insult.

Micah 3:11

Her heads judge for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the Lord, and say, “Is not the Lord among us? No harm can come upon us.”

Zephaniah 3:4

Her prophets are insolent, treacherous people; Her priests have polluted the sanctuary, They have done violence to the law.

Deuteronomy 32:20

And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end will be, For they are a perverse generation, Children in whom is no faith.

Deuteronomy 32:29

Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!