Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

Shalt not

General references

Bible References

Speaketh

Isaiah 41:22
“Let them come and tell us
what will happen.
Tell us the past events,
so that we may reflect on them
and know the outcome,
or tell us the future.
Jeremiah 28:1
In that same year, at the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur from Gibeon said to me in the temple of the Lord in the presence of the priests and all the people,

If the thing

Deuteronomy 13:2
and that sign or wonder he has promised you comes about, but he says, ‘Let us follow other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us worship them,’
2 Kings 20:1
In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Put your affairs in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
Jonah 3:4
Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed, “In 40 days Nineveh will be demolished!”
Jonah 4:2
He prayed to the Lord: “Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place. I knew that You are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to become angry, rich in faithful love, and One who relents from sending disaster.
Zechariah 1:5
“Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?

Shalt not

Proverbs 26:2
Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow,
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

General references

Deuteronomy 13:2
and that sign or wonder he has promised you comes about, but he says, ‘Let us follow other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us worship them,’
1 Kings 13:5
The altar was ripped apart, and the ashes poured from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

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