Jeremiah 27:9

New Living Translation

“‘Do not listen to your false prophets, fortune-tellers, interpreters of dreams, mediums, and sorcerers who say, “The king of Babylon will not conquer you.”

Cross References

Exodus 22:18

“You must not allow a sorceress to live.

Exodus 7:11

Then Pharaoh called in his own wise men and sorcerers, and these Egyptian magicians did the same thing with their magic.

Proverbs 19:27

If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge.

Isaiah 8:19

Someone may say to you, “Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.” But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead?

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the Lord said, “These prophets are telling lies in my name. I did not send them or tell them to speak. I did not give them any messages. They prophesy of visions and revelations they have never seen or heard. They speak foolishness made up in their own lying hearts.

Jeremiah 23:16

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says to his people: “Do not listen to these prophets when they prophesy to you, filling you with futile hopes. They are making up everything they say. They do not speak for the Lord!

Jeremiah 23:25

“I have heard these prophets say, ‘Listen to the dream I had from God last night.’ And then they proceed to tell lies in my name.

Jeremiah 23:32

I am against these false prophets. Their imaginary dreams are flagrant lies that lead my people into sin. I did not send or appoint them, and they have no message at all for my people. I, the Lord, have spoken!

Jeremiah 29:8

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Do not let your prophets and fortune-tellers who are with you in the land of Babylon trick you. Do not listen to their dreams,

Ezekiel 21:29

Your prophets have given false visions, and your fortune-tellers have told lies. The sword will fall on the necks of the wicked for whom the day of final reckoning has come.

Daniel 4:7

When all the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers came in, I told them the dream, but they could not tell me what it meant.

Micah 3:7

Then you seers will be put to shame, and you fortune-tellers will be disgraced. And you will cover your faces because there is no answer from God.”

Zechariah 10:2

Household gods give worthless advice, fortune-tellers predict only lies, and interpreters of dreams pronounce falsehoods that give no comfort. So my people are wandering like lost sheep; they are attacked because they have no shepherd.

Malachi 3:5

“At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Acts 8:11

They listened closely to him because for a long time he had astounded them with his magic.

Ephesians 5:6

Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.

Deuteronomy 13:2

and the predicted signs or miracles occur. If they then say, ‘Come, let us worship other gods’—gods you have not known before—

Deuteronomy 18:14

The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the Lord your God forbids you to do such things.”

Joshua 13:22

The Israelites had also killed Balaam son of Beor, who used magic to tell the future.

Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The happy voices of brides and grooms will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the greatest in the world, and you deceived the nations with your sorceries.

Revelation 21:8

“But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside the city are the dogs—the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie.

Revelation 9:21

And they did not repent of their murders or their witchcraft or their sexual immorality or their thefts.