Deuteronomy 13:1

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Deuteronomy 13:1

If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

A prophet

A dreamer

Jeremiah 23:25

Jeremiah 27:9

General references

Bible References

A prophet

He said to him, “I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” But he lied to him.

The head is the elder and honorable man,
And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail.

“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them,
Everyone is greedy for gain,
And from the prophet even to the priest
Everyone deals falsely.

“For both prophet and priest are polluted;
Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the Lord.

“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own inspiration, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord!

Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe in order to deceive;

“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many.

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way.

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

A dreamer

“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsely in My name, saying, ‘I had a dream, I had a dream!’

But as for you, do 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.’

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The magicians did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

“Then it shall be, when you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and you possess it and live in it,

Then he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign which the Lord has spoken, ‘Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the ashes which are on it shall be poured out.’”

Cease listening, my son, to discipline,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him.

And then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ’; or, ‘Behold, He is there’; do not believe him;