Deuteronomy 18:20

The Scriptures 1998

‘But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My Name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other mighty ones, even that prophet shall die.’

Cross References

Jeremiah 27:15

for I have not sent them,” declares יהוה, “yet they prophesy falsehood in My Name, in order that I drive you out. Then you shall perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

Matthew 7:15

“But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are savage wolves.

Zechariah 13:3

“And it shall be, when one prophesies again, then his father and mother who brought him forth shall say to him, ‘You shall not to live, because you have spoken falsehood in the Name of יהוה.’ And his father and mother who brought him forth shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

Ezekiel 13:6

“Their visions are false and their divinations a lie, saying, ‘Thus declares יהוה,’ when יהוה  has not sent them, yet they expected the word to be confirmed!

Jeremiah 23:31

“See, I am against the prophets,” declares יהוה, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He declares.’

Jeremiah 2:8

“The priests did not say, ‘Where is יהוה ?’ And those who handle the Torah did not know Me, and the shepherds transgressed against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Baʽ

1 Kings 18:27

And it came to be at noon, that Ě

2 Peter 2:12

But these, like natural unreasoning beasts, having been born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheme that which they do not know, shall be destroyed in their destruction,

1 Kings 18:40

And Ě

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he led astray those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulphur.

1 Kings 18:19

“And now, send and gather all Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 17:12

“And the man who acts arrogantly, so as not to listen to the priest who stands to serve there before יהוה  your Elohim, or to the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Yisra’ĕ

Deuteronomy 18:21

“And when you say in your heart, ‘How do we know the word which יהוה  has not spoken?’ –

Deuteronomy 18:22

when the prophet speaks in the Name of יהוה  and the word is not, or comes not, that is the word which יהוה  has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.

Jeremiah 23:30

“Therefore see, I am against the prophets,” declares יהוה, “who steal My Words every one from his neighbour.

Jeremiah 26:11

And the priests and the prophets spoke to the heads and all the people, saying, “A death sentence for this man! For he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.”

Deuteronomy 13:6

“When your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own being, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other mighty ones’– which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers,

Judges 2:15

Wherever they went out, the hand of יהוה  was against them for evil, as יהוה  had spoken, and as יהוה  had sworn to them. And they were distressed – greatly.

1 Kings 13:19

So he turned back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

Zechariah 13:2

“And it shall be in that day,” declares יהוה  of hosts, “that I cut off the names of the idols from the earth, and they shall be remembered no more, and I shall also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the earth.