Jeremiah 23:22
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 23:18 asks who has stood in God's council — verse 22 uses that same condition to describe what true prophets would do.
Jeremiah 23:32 condemns false prophets who lead people astray with lies — the direct opposite of true prophets who turn people from evil in Jeremiah 23:22.
Jeremiah 25:5 shows the message true prophets would deliver: turn from evil — the exact outcome if they had stood in God's council.
In Jeremiah 35:15, God reaffirms the prophetic call to turn from evil ways — the same mission true prophets ought to fulfill.
Jeremiah 36:3 expresses the same hope that hearing God's word will cause turning from evil way and forgiveness.
Ezekiel 13:22 shows false prophets discouraging turning from evil — the opposite of the true prophetic mission here.
Acts 26:18-20 describes Paul's commission to turn people from darkness to God — a NT continuation of the prophetic turning mission.
Acts 20:27 shows Paul faithfully declaring the whole counsel of God — the kind of proclamation false prophets omitted.
Zechariah 1:4 echoes the cry of former prophets: 'Return from your evil ways' — the same message true prophets should proclaim.
Ezekiel 3:17 commissions Ezekiel as a watchman to warn from God's word — the role false prophets failed to fulfill as seen in Jeremiah.
Ezekiel 2:7 shows the true prophet's duty: speak God's words regardless of response — opposite of false prophets who never stood in God's council.
Malachi 2:6 says Levi turned many from sin and spoke true instruction — directly matching the prophet's role in Jeremiah 23:22 of turning people from evil.
Lamentations 2:14 says false prophets did not expose sin to avert captivity — mirroring the failure to turn people from evil that true prophets would have done.
1 Peter 4:11 instructs speaking as God's words — reflecting the prophet's duty to proclaim God's words in Jeremiah 23:22.
Ezekiel 13:5 condemns false prophets for not standing in the breach — a complementary image to standing in God's council, both showing the prophet's intercessory role.
Ezekiel 18:30 commands repentance and turning from transgressions — the outcome true prophecy aims to produce.
Daniel 12:3 promises reward for leading many to righteousness — echoing the saving work of turning people from evil in Jeremiah 23:22.
1 Thessalonians 1:9 reports converts turning from idols to God — the result of true proclamation, mirroring the turning from evil way.
1 Timothy 4:16 urges perseverance in doctrine to save hearers — similar to the prophet's work of turning people from evil, but in a pastoral context.