Deuteronomy 13:1

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“If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,”

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BSBPD

“If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 13:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 4:1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
  2. Deuteronomy 4:2You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
  3. Deuteronomy 18:20But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”
  4. 1 Kings 13:18Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,
  5. 1 Kings 13:19but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.
  6. Proverbs 30:6Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.
  7. Isaiah 9:15The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
  8. Jeremiah 6:13“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
  9. Jeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
  10. Jeremiah 23:25“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’
  11. Jeremiah 27:9But 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.’
  12. Jeremiah 29:8For 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.
  13. Jeremiah 29:24You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that
  14. Ezekiel 13:2“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD!
  15. Ezekiel 13:23therefore 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.”
  16. Zechariah 10:2For idols speak deceitand diviners see illusions;they tell false dreamsand offer empty comfort.Therefore the people wander like sheep,oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
  17. Zechariah 13:4And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
  18. Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
  19. Matthew 24:11and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.
  20. Matthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
  21. Mark 13:22For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
  22. Luke 6:26Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.
  23. 2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
  24. 2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

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