'Prophets' in the Bible

Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.

So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;

And this is in agreement with the words of the prophets, as it is said,

And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, gave teaching to the brothers and made them strong in the faith.

And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.

And he had four daughters, virgins, who were prophets.

But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:

And so, by God's help, I am here today, witnessing to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come about;

King Agrippa, have you faith in the prophets? I am certain that you have.

And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.

Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,

But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;

Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life.

But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;

And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

Are all Apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of working wonders?

But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;

And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say.

For you may all be prophets in turn so that all may get knowledge and comfort;

And the spirits of the prophets are controlled by the prophets;

So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.

Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,

Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;

Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;

Do not make little of the words of the prophets;

This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,

Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.

One of their prophets has said, The men of Crete are ever false, evil beasts, lovers of food, hating work.

In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways;

What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets:

Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.

For the prophets who gave the news of the grace which would come to you, made search with all care for knowledge of this salvation;

And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.

And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;

Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.

For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.

My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when the sound of his horn is about to come, then will the secret of God be complete, of which he gave the good news to his servants the prophets.

And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.

These have the power to keep the heaven shut, so that there may be no rain in the days when they are prophets: and they have power over the waters to make them into blood, and to send every sort of disease on the earth as their pleasure is.

And those who are on the earth will have pleasure and delight over them; and they will send offerings one to another because these two prophets gave great trouble to all on the earth.

And the nations were angry, and your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and the time of reward for your servants, the prophets, and for the saints, and for those in whom is the fear of your name, small and great, and the time of destruction for those who made the earth unclean.

For they made the blood of saints and prophets come out like a stream, and blood have you given them for drink; which is their right reward.

Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.

And in her was seen the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been put to death on the earth.

And he said to me, These words are certain and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to make clear to his servants the things which are now to come about.

And he said to me, See you do it not; I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book: give worship to God.