18 Bible Verses about Prophecy, Inspiration Of Ot
Most Relevant Verses
First of all, you should know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
You were patient with them for many years,
and Your Spirit warned them through Your prophets,
but they would not listen.
Therefore, You handed them over to the surrounding peoples.
They made their hearts like a rock so as not to obey the law or the words that the Lord of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the Lord of Hosts.
Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and in different ways.
So I answered them: “The word of the Lord came to me: ‘Say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.
While they were sitting at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back,
Isaiah had not yet gone out of the inner courtyard when the word of the Lord came to him:
The word of the Lord came to him in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah.
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet:
In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo:
When a prophet speaks in the Lord’s name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
As for the prophet who prophesies peace—only when the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the Lord has truly sent.”
