Jeremiah 23:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?”
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“How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;”
King James Version · Public Domain“How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Till when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Yea, prophets of the deceit of their heart,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 23:26 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 4:2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
- Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
- Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
- Jeremiah 13:27Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields— I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
- Jeremiah 14:14“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.
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Hosea 8:5He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
- Acts 13:10and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
- 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,
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
- 2 Peter 2:13The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
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