Isaiah 30:10
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10 (A)who say to (B)the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us (C)smooth things,
prophesy illusions,
Romans 16:18
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18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but (A)their own appetites,[a] and (B)by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
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- Romans 16:18 Greek their own belly
Amos 7:13
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13 but (A)never again prophesy at Bethel, for (B)it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”
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Amos 2:12
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12 “But you made the Nazirites (A)drink wine,
and commanded the prophets,
saying, (B)‘You shall not prophesy.’
Ezekiel 13:7-10
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7 Have you not seen a false vision and uttered a lying divination, (A)whenever you have said, ‘Declares the Lord,’ although I have not spoken?”
8 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, (B)I am against you, declares the Lord God. 9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, (C)nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, (D)nor shall they enter the land of Israel. (E)And you shall know that I am the Lord God. 10 Precisely because they have misled my people, (F)saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, (G)these prophets smear it with whitewash,[a]
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- Ezekiel 13:10 Or plaster; also verses 11, 14, 15
Jeremiah 11:21
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21 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of (A)Anathoth, (B)who seek your life, and say, (C)“Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, or you will die by our hand”—
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Revelation 11:7
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7 And when they have finished their testimony, (A)the beast that rises from (B)the bottomless pit[a] (C)will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,
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- Revelation 11:7 Or the abyss
Jeremiah 23:26-29
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26 How long shall there be lies in the heart of (A)the prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart, 27 who think to make my people forget my name (B)by their dreams that they tell one another, even as their (C)fathers forgot my name for Baal? 28 (D)Let the prophet who has a dream (E)tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. (F)What has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord. 29 (G)Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and (H)like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
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Jeremiah 23:17
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17 They say continually to those who despise the word of the Lord, (A)‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who (B)stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, (C)‘No disaster shall come upon you.’”
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1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
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15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (B)the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and (C)oppose all mankind 16 (D)by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always (E)to fill up the measure of their sins. But (F)wrath has come upon them at last![a]
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or completely, or forever
Galatians 4:16
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16 Have I then become your enemy by (A)telling you the truth?[a]
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- Galatians 4:16 Or by dealing truthfully with you
Acts 5:28
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28 saying, (A)“We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you (B)intend to bring this man's blood upon us.”
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Acts 4:17
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17 But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them (A)to speak no more to anyone in this name.”
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John 8:45
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45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.
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John 7:7
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7 The world cannot hate you, but (A)it hates me because I testify about it that (B)its works are evil.
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Micah 2:11
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11 If a man should go about and (A)utter wind and lies,
saying, “I will preach to you (B)of wine and strong drink,”
he would be the preacher for this people!
Micah 2:6
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6 (A)“Do not preach”—thus they preach—
(B)“one should not preach of such things;
(C)disgrace will not overtake us.”
Ezekiel 13:18-22
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18 and say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women (A)who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and (B)make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in (C)the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people and keep your own souls alive? 19 You have profaned me among my people (D)for handfuls of barley (E)and for pieces of bread, putting to death souls who should not die and keeping alive souls who should not live, by your lying to my people, who listen to lies.
20 “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, (F)I am against (G)your magic bands with which you hunt the souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms, and I will let the souls whom you hunt go free, the souls like birds. 21 Your veils also I will tear off and (H)deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand as prey, (I)and you shall know that I am the Lord. 22 (J)Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and (K)you have encouraged the wicked, that (L)he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,
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Jeremiah 38:4
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4 Then the officials said to the king, (A)“Let this man be put to death, (B)for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking (C)the welfare of this people, but their harm.”
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Jeremiah 29:27
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27 Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah (A)of Anathoth who is prophesying to you?
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Jeremiah 26:11
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11 Then (A)the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, (B)“This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”
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Jeremiah 6:13-14
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Jeremiah 5:31
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31 (A)the prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
(B)my people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?
2 Chronicles 25:16
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16 But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that (A)God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
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2 Chronicles 24:19-21
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19 (A)Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord. (B)These testified against them, but they would not pay attention.
Joash's Treachery
20 (C)Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah (D)the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, (E)‘Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? (F)Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’” 21 But (G)they conspired against him, (H)and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord.
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