Isaiah 30:10

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

who say to the seers, “Do not see,” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things; prophesy illusions;

Cross References

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you. Because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord,

1 Kings 22:27

and say: Thus says the king: Put this fellow in prison, and feed him on reduced rations of bread and water until I come in peace.”

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the stocks, in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties on some of the people at the same time.

2 Chronicles 25:16

But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be put to death?” So the prophet stopped but said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”

Job 41:3

Will it make many supplications to you? Will it speak soft words to you?

Isaiah 28:15

Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter”;

Isaiah 29:10

For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep; he has closed your eyes (the prophets) and covered your heads (the seers).

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Jeremiah 11:21

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the people of Anathoth who seek your life and say, “You shall not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand”—

Jeremiah 23:17

They keep saying to those who despise the word of the Lord, “It shall be well with you,” and to all who stubbornly follow their own stubborn hearts, they say, “No calamity shall come upon you.”

Jeremiah 26:11

Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, “This man deserves the sentence of death because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”

Jeremiah 29:27

So now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who plays the prophet for you?

Jeremiah 36:29

And concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah you shall say: Thus says the Lord, You have burned this scroll, saying, “Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and will cut off from it human beings and animals?”

Jeremiah 38:4

Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to be put to death because he is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city and all the people by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.”

Jeremiah 5:31

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule as the prophets direct; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?

Amos 2:12

But you made the nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, saying, “You shall not prophesy.”

Amos 7:13

but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”

Micah 2:11

If someone were to go about uttering empty falsehoods, saying, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” such a one would be the preacher for this people!

Micah 2:6

“Do not preach”—thus they preach— “one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us.”

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.

John 8:45

But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.

Acts 4:17

But to keep it from spreading further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.”

Acts 5:28

saying, “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you are determined to bring this man’s blood on us.”

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the simple-minded.

Galatians 4:16

Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound teaching, but, having their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires

2 Timothy 4:4

and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths.

Revelation 11:7

When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the bottomless pit will wage war on them and conquer them and kill them,

1 Samuel 9:9

(Formerly in Israel, anyone who went to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer,” for the one who is now called a prophet was formerly called a seer.)