Bible verses about Prophets, False
Scripture references about Prophets, False, organized by subject from the classic topical indexes of Orville Nave and R. A. Torrey.
Prophets, False in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Pretended to be sent by God: Jer 23:17,18,31
- Not sent or commissioned by God: Jer 14:14; 23:21; 29:31
- Made use of by God to prove Israel: De 13:3
- DESCRIBED AS
- Light and treacherous: Zep 3:4
- Covetous: Mic 3:11
- Crafty: Mt 7:15
- Drunken: Isa 28:7
- Immoral and profane: Jer 23:11,14
- Women sometimes acted as: Ne 6:14; Re 2:20
- Called foolish prophets: Eze 13:2
- Compared to foxes in the desert: Eze 13:4
- Compared to wind: Jer 5:13
- Influenced by evil spirits: 1Ki 22:21,22
- PROPHESIED
- Falsely: Jer 5:31
- Lies in the name of the Lord: Jer 14:14
- Out of their own heart: Jer 23:16,26; Eze 13:2
- In the name of false gods: Jer 2:8
- Peace, when there was no peace: Jer 6:14; 23:17; Eze 13:10; Mic 3:5
- Often practised divination and witchcraft: Jer 14:14; Eze 22:28; Ac 13:6
- Often pretended to dreams: Jer 23:28,32
- Often deceived by God as a judgment: Eze 14:9
- THE PEOPLE
- Led into error: Jer 23:13; Mic 3:5
- Made to forget God's name by: Jer 23:27
- Deprived of God's word by: Jer 23:30
- Taught profaneness and sin by: Jer 23:14,15
- Oppressed and defrauded by: Eze 22:25
- Warned not to listen to: De 13:3; Jer 23:16; 27:9,15,16
- Encouraged and praised: Jer 5:31; Lu 6:26
- Mode of trying and detecting: De 13:1,2; 18:21,22; 1Jo 4:1-3
- PREDICTED TO ARISE
- Before destruction of Jerusalem: Mt 24:11,24
- In the latter times: 2Pe 2:1
- Judgments denounced against: Jer 8:1,2; 14:15; 28:16,17; 29:32
- Involved the people in their own ruin: Isa 9:15,16; Jer 20:6; Eze 14:10