Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.

Bible References

General references

Ezekiel 13:23
therefore, you women will no longer see false visions or practice divinations, and I will rescue My people from your hand. Then you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord.”
1 Kings 22:11
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron and said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘With these you will gore the Arameans (Syrians) until they are destroyed.’”
Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Jeremiah 14:13
But I said, “Alas, Lord God! Behold, the [false] prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I [the Lord] will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
Jeremiah 23:14

“Also I have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem:
They commit adultery and walk in lies;
They encourage and strengthen the hands of evildoers,
So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.
All of them have become like Sodom to Me,
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Lamentations 2:14

Your prophets have seen (imagined) for you
False and foolish visions;
And they have not exposed your wickedness
To restore you from captivity [by teaching you to repent],
But they have seen (imagined) and declared to you false and misleading oracles.
Zechariah 13:2
“In that day,” declares the Lord of hosts, “I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the [false] prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
Romans 16:18
For such people do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites and base desires. By smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting [the innocent and the naive].
1 Thessalonians 2:5
For as you well know, we never came with words of flattery nor with a pretext for greed—God is our witness—
2 Peter 2:2
Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.