Cross references

Jeremiah 23:16

This is what the LORD of Hosts says:

“Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you.

They are filling you with false hopes.

They speak visions from their own minds,

not from the mouth of the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:16 BSB

Jeremiah 23:16 has 21 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 21 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Jeremiah 14:14 (13 votes) and Ezekiel 13:6 (12 votes). 29 other verses point back to it. It links with 21 other books, from Numbers 16 to 1 John 4.

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Which verses does Jeremiah 23:16 point to?

The 20 strongest of 21, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.

  2. Ezekiel 13:612 votes

    They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.

  3. But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.

  4. Ezekiel 13:310 votes

    This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.

  5. Matthew 7:1510 votes

    Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

  6. For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. …

  7. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse! As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!

  8. They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.

  9. I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

  10. Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie. For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.” …

  11. 1 John 4:19 votes
  12. How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?

  13. Micah 2:118 votes

    If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!

  14. For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.

  15. therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”

Which verses point to Jeremiah 23:16?

The 10 strongest of 29.