18 Bible Verses about Prophecy, Inspiration Of Ot
Most Relevant Verses
Above all, you do well if you recognize this: No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet's own imagination, for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
You prolonged your kindness with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
Indeed, they made their heart as hard as diamond, so that they could not obey the Torah and the other words the Lord who rules over all had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore, the Lord who rules over all had poured out great wrath.
After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,
So I said to them: "The word of the Lord came to me: Say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary -- the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life's passion. Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die by the sword.
Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord this message predicting Baasha's downfall:
The Lord began to speak to him in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon ruled over Judah.
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of Darius' second year, the Lord spoke again to the prophet Haggai:
In the eighth month of Darius' second year, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows:
whenever a prophet speaks in my name and the prediction is not fulfilled, then I have not spoken it; the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him."
So if a prophet prophesied peace and prosperity, it was only known that the Lord truly sent him when what he prophesied came true."
