2 Chronicles 18:12
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12 Meanwhile, the messenger who went to get Micaiah said to him, “Look, all the prophets are promising victory for the king. Be sure that you agree with them and promise success.”
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1 Corinthians 2:14-16
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14 But people who aren’t spiritual[a] can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. 15 Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others. 16 For,
“Who can know the Lord’s thoughts?
Who knows enough to teach him?”[b]
But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.
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Micah 2:11
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11 Suppose a prophet full of lies would say to you,
“I’ll preach to you the joys of wine and alcohol!”
That’s just the kind of prophet you would like!
Micah 2:6
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True and False Prophets
6 “Don’t say such things,”
the people respond.[a]
“Don’t prophesy like that.
Such disasters will never come our way!”
Footnotes
- 2:6 Or the prophets respond; Hebrew reads they prophesy.
Amos 7:13
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13 Don’t bother us with your prophecies here in Bethel. This is the king’s sanctuary and the national place of worship!”
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Hosea 7:3
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3 “The people entertain the king with their wickedness,
and the princes laugh at their lies.
Isaiah 30:10
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10 They tell the seers,
“Stop seeing visions!”
They tell the prophets,
“Don’t tell us what is right.
Tell us nice things.
Tell us lies.
Psalm 10:11
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11 The wicked think, “God isn’t watching us!
He has closed his eyes and won’t even see what we do!”
Job 22:13
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13 But you reply, ‘That’s why God can’t see what I am doing!
How can he judge through the thick darkness?
Joshua 9:2
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2 These kings combined their armies to fight as one against Joshua and the Israelites.
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