Deuteronomy 18:22
When a prophet speaketh in the Name of the Lord, if the thing follow not nor come to passe, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not therefore be afraid of him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
21And if thou thinke in thine heart, Howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lord hath not spoken?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1If there arise amog you a prophet or a dreamer of dreames, (and giue thee a signe or wonder,
1 Samuel 3:19And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
2 Kings 20:1About that time was Hezekiah sicke vnto death: and the Prophet Isaiah the sonne of Amoz came to him, and said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Put thine house in an order: for thou shalt die, and not liue.
Isaiah 41:22Let them bring foorth, and let them tell vs what shall come: let them shew the former things what they be, that wee may consider them, and knowe the latter ende of them: either declare vs things for to come.
Jonah 3:4And Ionah began to enter into the citie a dayes iourney, and he cryed, and said, Yet fourtie dayes, and Nineueh shalbe ouerthrowen.
Zechariah 1:5your fathers, where are they? and doe the Prophets liue for euer?
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 →