Jeremiah 23:16 References

16 Thus says the Lord of hosts, "aDo not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you. They are bleading you into futility; They speak a cvision of their own imagination, Not dfrom the mouth of the Lord.

a Jeremiah 27:9, Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 27:14-17, 1 John 4:1


Jeremiah 27

9 "But as for you, ado not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon.'

Jeremiah 27

10 "For they prophesy a alie to you in order to bremove you far from your land; and I will drive you out and you will perish.

Jeremiah 27

14 "So ado not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon,' for they prophesy a blie to you;
15 for aI have not sent them," declares the Lord, "but they bprophesy falsely in My name, in order that I may cdrive you out and that you may perish, dyou and the prophets who prophesy to you."
16 Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, "Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, 'Behold, the avessels of the Lord'S house will now shortly be brought again from Babylon'; for they are prophesying a blie to you.
17 "Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city abecome a ruin?

1 John 4

1 aBeloved, do not believe every bspirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because cmany false prophets have gone out into the world.