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Jer 23:16 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, [and] not out of the mouth of the LORD.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Hearken		Jer 27:9,10,14-17; Jer 29:8; Pro 19:27; Mat 7:15; 2Cr 11:13-15; Gal 1:8,9; 1Jo 4:1
they make		Jer 2:5; 2Ki 17:15; Rom 1:21
a vision		Jer 23:21,26; Jer 14:14; Eze 13:3,6,16,23; Eze 22:28; Mic 2:11

Correlating Passages

Hearken

	Jer 27:9	Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
	Jer 27:10	For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
	Jer 27:14	Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
	Jer 27:15	For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
	Jer 27:16	Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
	Jer 27:17	Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
	Jer 29:8	For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that [be] in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
	Pro 19:27	Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.
	Mat 7:15	Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
	2Cr 11:13	For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
	2Cr 11:14	And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
	2Cr 11:15	Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
	Gal 1:8	But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
	Gal 1:9	As we said before, so say I now again, If any [man] preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
	1Jo 4:1	Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

they make

	Jer 2:5	Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
	2Ki 17:15	And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that [were] round about them, [concerning] whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
	Rom 1:21	Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

a vision

	Jer 23:21	I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
	Jer 23:26	How long shall [this] be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, [they are] prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
	Jer 14:14	Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
	Eze 13:3	Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
	Eze 13:6	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.
	Eze 13:16	[To wit], the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and [there is] no peace, saith the Lord GOD.
	Eze 13:23	Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD.
	Eze 22:28	And her prophets have daubed them with untempered [morter], seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.
	Mic 2:11	If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, [saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

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