Deuteronomy 13:1
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
Cross-reference
Deuteronomy 18:20 specifies the death penalty for false prophets, directly complementing this warning about signs that lead astray.
Deuteronomy 29:18 warns against anyone's heart turning to other gods, echoing the same danger of idolatry from false prophets here.
Jeremiah 27:9 warns against listening to prophets, diviners, and dreamers — mirroring the same caution in Deuteronomy about deceptive signs.
Luke 6:26 ties popular acclaim to false prophets — offering a new marker to identify them.
Matthew 24:11 predicts many false prophets will arise and lead astray — an eschatological extension of the warning.
Matthew 7:15 warns of false prophets in sheep's clothing — the same threat in a new covenant context.
Zechariah 13:4 describes future prophets being ashamed and ceasing to deceive — fulfilling the warning.
Zechariah 10:2 condemns false dreams and diviners who give empty comfort — aligning with Deuteronomy's warning against dreamers who lead people astray.
Ezekiel 13:23 promises an end to false visions and divination — judgment on the same kind of prophets.
Ezekiel 13:3 pronounces woe on foolish prophets who follow their own spirit — a direct parallel to false prophets.
Ezekiel 13:2 targets prophets who prophesy from their own hearts — highlighting self-deception as the source.
Jeremiah 29:8 cautions against being deceived by false prophets and dreams, directly paralleling Deuteronomy's warning about dreamers who lead astray.
In 2 Peter 2:1, Peter warns that false teachers will arise among believers, just as false prophets arose in Israel — same pattern of deception.
In 1 John 4:1, believers are commanded to test spirits because many false prophets have gone out — echoing the Deuteronomy warning to not follow false prophets.
Jeremiah 23:25-28 denounces prophets who preach lying dreams, directly echoing the 'dreamer of dreams' from Deuteronomy and the call to reject them.
Jeremiah 23:11 condemns prophets as ungodly, even in God's house — echoing the same false prophets.
Jeremiah 6:13 indicts prophets among those who deal falsely, reinforcing the threat of deception.
In Isaiah 9:15, the prophet who teaches lies is called the tail — extending the warning against deceptive prophets.
1 Kings 13:18 depicts a prophet lying in God's name — an example of the false prophet warning in Deuteronomy 13:1, deceiving even another prophet.
Revelation 16:14 describes demonic spirits performing signs to gather kings, similar to the false prophet's signs in Deuteronomy 13:1.
2 Thessalonians 2:9 describes the lawless one's deceptive signs and wonders, echoing the false prophet's signs in Deuteronomy 13:1.
Revelation 13:13 shows the false prophet performing great signs, mirroring the deceptive signs in Deuteronomy 13:1.
Acts 13:6 introduces a Jewish false prophet (Bar-Jesus), a New Testament example of the deceptive figures warned about.
Exodus 7:11 records Egyptian magicians performing signs to compete with God — a clear example of the deceptive wonders warned about in Deuteronomy.
Matthew 24:24 explicitly mentions false prophets performing great signs and wonders, directly mirroring the warning in Deuteronomy.
Ezekiel 14:10 declares punishment on false prophets and their followers, reinforcing the OT teaching against those who lead astray.
Jeremiah 23:32 condemns lying dreams that lead people astray, directly paralleling the warning against false prophets performing signs.
Jeremiah 23:27 condemns false prophets who cause God's people to forget His name through dreams—directly parallel to the dreamers here.
Exodus 8:7 shows magicians replicating the plague of frogs — another instance of false signs imitating God's power, illustrating Deuteronomy's warning.
Mark 13:21 warns not to believe false claims about the Messiah, a parallel call to discernment against deceptive signs.
Galatians 1:9 anathematizes anyone preaching a different gospel, a New Testament parallel to rejecting false prophets.
2 Kings 17:35 states the covenant command against serving other gods, the very command false prophets would violate.