Ezekiel 13:3

Thus saith the Lord God; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 13:6 elaborates on the same false prophets — they see false visions and speak without being sent, directly explaining their foolishness.

Ezekiel 13:7 continues the rebuke — false prophets claim God spoke but He did not, reinforcing their foolishness and self-reliance.

Ezekiel 13:18 pronounces a similar woe on false prophetesses who hunt souls, extending the same condemnation to another group of false prophets.

In Ezekiel 13:2, God commands Ezekiel to prophesy against prophets who prophesy from their own hearts — the same charge repeated in the very next verse.

Ezekiel 34:2 pronounces woe on false shepherds feeding themselves, paralleling the woe on false prophets who follow their own spirit.

Luke 11:42-47 records Jesus' woes against Pharisees, paralleling Ezekiel's woe on false prophets who follow their own spirit.

Matthew 23:13-29 contains multiple woes against hypocritical religious leaders, mirroring the prophetic woe against false prophets in Ezekiel.

In Jeremiah 23:28-32, God similarly condemns prophets who speak dreams from their own hearts and lead people astray.

Lamentations 2:14 describes false prophets seeing false visions, directly paralleling Ezekiel's condemnation of prophets who follow their own spirit and see nothing.

Hosea 9:7 Parallel

Hosea 9:7 calls the false prophet a fool and mad, echoing Ezekiel's 'foolish prophets' who follow their own spirit.

Colossians 2:18 describes false teachers puffed up by their own visions — echoing Ezekiel's condemnation of prophets following their own spirit.

In Zephaniah 3:4, prophets are called fickle and treacherous, directly aligning with the condemnation of false prophets here.

Micah 2:11 Parallel

In Micah 2:11, a preacher of wind and lies is welcomed by the people, echoing the foolish prophets who speak from their own spirit.

Jeremiah 28:15 Historical context

In Jeremiah 28:15, Jeremiah confronts Hananiah for making the people trust a lie, mirroring the foolish prophets who have seen nothing.

In Jeremiah 23:16, God warns that prophets speak visions of their own minds, not from the Lord — a direct parallel to following their own spirit.

2 Chronicles 18:5 Historical context

In 2 Chronicles 18:5, Ahab's 400 prophets prophesy from their own minds, a historical example of the same false prophecy condemned here.

2 Peter 2:1 Parallel

2 Peter 2:1 warns of false teachers among believers — a direct parallel to Ezekiel's woe on prophets who speak from their own spirit.

Jeremiah 23:1 also pronounces woe on shepherds who scatter the flock, echoing Ezekiel's condemnation of false leaders.

Luke 11:52 Parallel

Luke 11:52 condemns lawyers for taking away the key of knowledge, similar to false prophets who speak from themselves rather than God's truth.