Deuteronomy 18:22
Deuteronomy · Old Testament · Chapter 18
“When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.”Deuteronomy 18:22
What Does Deuteronomy 18:22 Mean?
Deuteronomy 18:22 is found in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter 18, verse 22 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (14)
These passages are connected to Deuteronomy 18:22 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 18:20“But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.”Jeremiah 28:9“The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.”Jonah 3:4“And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.”2 Kings 20:1“In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.”Jeremiah 28:1“And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,”Numbers 16:28“And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.”Deuteronomy 13:1“If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,”Jonah 4:2“And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.”Zechariah 1:5“Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?”Deuteronomy 13:2“And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;”Proverbs 26:2“As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.”Isaiah 41:22“Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.”Exodus 21:14“But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.”1 Kings 13:5“The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.”
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