Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
Bible References
Have seen
Ezekiel 13:23
That is why you will no longer see false visions or make predictions. I will rescue my people from your power. Then you will know that I am Jehovah.'
Ezekiel 12:23
Therefore say to them: 'The Lord Jehovah says: 'I will make this proverb cease so that they will no longer use it as a proverb in Israel. Tell them: 'The days draw near as well as the fulfillment of every vision.'
Ezekiel 22:28
Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them. They see false visions and divine lies for them. They say: This is what the Lord Jehovah says, when Jehovah has not spoken.
Lamentations 2:14
The visions your prophets have seen for you are false and foolish! They have not made you fully aware of your sin so your fate might be changed. They have seen for you false words, driving you away.
2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.
Lying
Ezekiel 21:23
The people will think it is false divination and not believe this because they have made treaties with other nations. But the king of Babylon will remind them of their sins, and they will be captured.
Jeremiah 14:14
Jehovah then told me: These are the lies that the prophets are telling in my name: They claim that I sent them. They claim that I commanded them. They claim that I spoke to them. They even dreamed up visions to tell you. Their predictions are worthless! They are the products of their own imagination.
Jeremiah 29:8
This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Do not let the prophets or the mediums among you trick you. Do not even listen to your own dreams.
Zechariah 10:2
For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie. They have told false dreams! They comfort in vain. They go their way like sheep. They are afflicted because there is no shepherd.
Saying
Ezekiel 13:7
Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said 'Jehovah declares,' but it is not I who has spoken?'
Jeremiah 23:31
I am also against those prophets, says Jehovah, They speak their own words and claim they came from me!
Jeremiah 28:2
that the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel, said: I have broken the power of the king of Babylon.
Made
Ezekiel 13:22
You have discouraged righteous people with your lies, even though I had not brought them any grief. You encouraged wicked people not to turn from their wicked ways to save their lives.
1 Kings 22:6
So Ahab called in the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them: Should I attack Ramoth, or not? They answered: Attack, Jehovah will give you victory.
Proverbs 14:15
The simple believes every word, but the prudent man gives thought to his steps.
Jeremiah 29:31
Send this message to all the captives. This is what Jehovah says about Shemaiah from Nehelam: Shemaiah prophesied to you, but I did not send him. He has made you believe a lie.
Jeremiah 37:19
Where are the prophets who told you that the king of Babylon would not attack you and this land?
Mark 13:6
Many will come in my name (Greek: onoma: claiming my authority), saying, I am he; and will lead many astray.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
So God dispatches the power of deceit (error) to work in them so that they are allowed to believe what is false.