Jeremiah 23:32
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 23:16 warns not to listen to false prophets who speak visions from their own minds — the same category of deceivers condemned here.
Jeremiah 23:22 contrasts true prophets who turn people from evil with the false prophets here who lead them astray.
Jeremiah 23:14 describes the same prophets of Jerusalem who walk in lies and strengthen evildoers — a parallel indictment.
Jeremiah 23:21 states God did not send these prophets — the same charge of unauthorized prophecy made here.
Jeremiah 23:25 directly quotes the false prophets boasting of dreams, the exact issue condemned here.
Jeremiah 7:8 warns against trusting deceptive words — the same kind of lies that the false prophets here spread.
Jeremiah 28:15-17 shows Hananiah's fate — a false prophet judged, echoing the divine opposition to false prophets here.
Jeremiah 29:21-23 condemns Ahab and Zedekiah for prophesying lies in God's name — exactly the kind of false prophets God opposes in this verse.
Jeremiah 29:31 exposes Shemaiah as a false prophet who made Israel trust in a lie — a specific case of the deception condemned in this verse.
Jeremiah 20:6 also condemns a false prophet (Pashhur) for prophesying lies, directly echoing the judgment on lying dreamers here.
Jeremiah 27:9 warns against listening to dreamers and prophets — a direct admonition matching the false dreams here.
Jeremiah 27:14-22 warns against false prophets urging rebellion against Babylon — another instance of prophets leading people astray like those in this verse.
Zephaniah 3:4 characterizes prophets as fickle and treacherous — matching the reckless lies denounced here.
Revelation 19:20 depicts the final fate of the false prophet — thrown into the lake of fire — fulfilling God's opposition to lying prophets like those here.
In Zechariah 13:2, God promises to remove false prophets entirely — an ultimate fulfillment of the judgment declared here.
Zechariah 13:3 shows the drastic consequences for false prophets — family members killing them — echoing the severity of God's opposition here.
Matthew 15:14 uses the 'blind guides' image — false teachers leading the blind astray — similar to how these false prophets lead people astray.
Ezekiel 13:6 condemns prophets who say 'Thus says the Lord' without being sent — directly parallel to God's charge against these false dreamers.
Lamentations 2:14 laments false prophets who gave deceptive visions — the same problem condemned here.
Deuteronomy 18:20 prescribes death for a prophet who speaks in God's name without command — the same principle underlying God's opposition here.
Micah 2:11 describes a false prophet lying about wine and strong drink, leading people astray — parallel to the lying dreamers.
Micah 3:5 denounces prophets who lead God's people astray for personal gain — the same false leadership condemned here.
Ezekiel 13:6 condemns false visions and lying divinations when God has not sent them — nearly identical to the false dreams here.
1 Kings 13:18 gives an earlier example of a prophet lying to mislead, similar to the false dreams condemned here.
Romans 10:15 emphasizes that preachers must be sent, directly contrasting the false prophets God did not send in Jeremiah.
1 Corinthians 14:6 stresses that prophecy must edify, opposite of the unprofitable lies of false prophets in Jeremiah.
1 Timothy 4:2 describes liars with seared consciences, echoing the lying false prophets in Jeremiah who lead people astray.
Deuteronomy 13:1-18 gives the law for false prophets who entice to idolatry — a related sin of leading astray, though here the focus is dreams.