Jeremiah 23:21
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
Cross-reference
In Jeremiah 23:32, God again condemns prophets He did not send, directly reinforcing the same accusation.
Jeremiah 23:16 accuses false prophets of speaking from their own minds, closely tied to the unsent claim here.
Jeremiah 14:14 repeats the identical charge: God did not send these lying prophets.
Jeremiah 27:15 reiterates the same divine rejection: 'I have not sent them.'
Jeremiah 28:15 applies the same indictment to the specific false prophet Hananiah.
Jeremiah 29:9 reaffirms the same declaration: 'I have not sent them, declares the LORD.'
Jeremiah 27:14 warns against false prophets lying in God's name, same theme of unauthorized prophecy.
Jeremiah 29:9 states 'I have not sent them'—an almost identical condemnation of false prophets.
Jeremiah 29:23 gives a concrete example of false prophets not sent by God, committing adultery and lying in His name — same indictment here.
Romans 10:15 emphasizes that preachers must be sent, reinforcing the principle violated by false prophets in Jeremiah.
Acts 13:4 describes Barnabas and Saul sent by the Holy Spirit, contrasting false prophets who run without being sent.
John 20:21 records Jesus sending his disciples, contrasting false prophets who were not sent by God.
Isaiah 6:8 shows a true prophet volunteering to be sent, contrasting with false prophets who run unsent.
Ezekiel 22:28 echoes this: false prophets whitewash with lies, claiming 'Thus says the Lord' when He has not spoken.
2 Chronicles 18:10 shows a false prophet claiming 'Thus says the LORD'—a direct parallel to unsent prophets.
Matthew 24:5 warns of false messiahs using Jesus' name to deceive — a NT parallel to false prophets running without being sent.
Mark 13:6 parallels Matthew 24:5 — false claimants using Christ's name to deceive, mirroring false prophets running unsent.
John 10:1 contrasts false shepherds who climb in another way with the true shepherd — similar to false prophets not sent by God.