18 Bible Verses about Prophecy, Inspiration Of Ot

Know this first that no prophecy of scripture is for private interpretation. For no prophecy ever came by the will of man! Men spoke from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

You put up with them for years. You admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they did not listen. So you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.

They made their hearts hard like flint and would not listen to the law, and the words that Jehovah of Hosts sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Great anger came from Jehovah of Hosts!

Long ago on many occasions and in many ways God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

Then I said to them: The word of Jehovah came to me, and He said: Speak to the house of Israel. Tell them Jehovah says: 'I am about to profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and your delight. Your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

Jehovah spoke to Samuel:

That night Jehovah said to Nathan,

But while they were seated at the table, the word of Jehovah came to the old prophet who had brought him back.

Jehovah spoke to the prophet Jehu son of Hanani and gave him this message to give to Baasha:

Then the word of Jehovah came to him, saying:

Isaiah had not gone as far as the middle courtyard when Jehovah spoke to him:

Jehovah (YHWH) spoke his word to Jeremiah. This happened when King Josiah, son of Amon, was in his thirteenth year as king of Judah.

Jehovah continued to speak his word to me:

Now the word of Jehovah came to Jonah the son of Amittai. He said:

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of the second year that Darius was king, Jehovah spoke again to the prophet Haggai.

The word of Jehovah (YHWH) came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet. It was in the eighth month, in the second year of Darius the king:

If a prophet speaks in Jehovah's name and what he says does not happen or come true, then it did not come from Jehovah. That prophet has spoken on his own authority. Never be afraid of him.'

A prophet who predicts peace can only be recognized as a prophet whom Jehovah has truly sent when that prophet's predictions come true.