Deuteronomy 13:1
If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and if he gives you a sign or a wonder,
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If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
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Deuteronomy 4:2You will not add to the words that I command you, neither will you diminish them, so that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God that I am about to command you.
1 Kings 13:18So the old prophet said to him, “I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, 'Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat food and drink water.'” But he was lying to the man of God.
Proverbs 30:6Do not add to his words, 1 or he will discipline you, 1 and you will be proved to be a liar. 1
Jeremiah 6:13Yahweh declares that from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. 1 From the prophet to the priest, all of them practice deceit. 1
Jeremiah 23:25I have heard what the prophets have said, those who were prophesying deceit in my name. They said, 'I had a dream! I had a dream!'
Jeremiah 29:8For Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, says this, 'Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that you yourselves are having.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 13:1
Moses is still upon that necessary subject concerning the peril of idolatry. In the close of the foregoing chapter he had cautioned them against the peril that might arise from their predecessors the Canaanites. In this chapter he cautions them against the rise of idolatry from among themselves; they must take heed lest any should draw them to idolatry, I. By the pretence of prophecy, ver. 1-5 . II. By the pretence of friendship and relation, ver. 6-11 . III. By the pretence of numbers, ver. 12-18 . But in all… Read the whole commentary →