Deuteronomy 18:22
Whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in the name of the Lord, and they shall not come true, and not come to pass, this is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; that prophet has spoken wickedly: you⌃ shall not spare him.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
21But if you shall say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1And if there arise within you a prophet, or one who dreams a dream, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
1 Samuel 3:19And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
2 Kings 20:1In those days was Ezekias sick even to death. And the prophet Esaias the son of Amos came in to him, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Give charge to your household; for you + 20:1 Gr. die. shall die, and not live.
Isaiah 41:22Let them draw near, and declare to you what things shall come to pass; or tell us what things were of old, and we will apply our understanding, and we shall know what are the last and the future things:
Jonah 3:4And Jonas began to enter into the city about a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said, Yet three days, and Nineve shall be overthrown.
Zechariah 1:5Where are your fathers, and the prophets? Will they live for ever?
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:16-22
The Great Prophet; False Prophets. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a Prophet… Read the whole commentary →