Jeremiah 29:9
For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord.
Cross-reference
Jeremiah 29:23 gives specific examples of false prophets who spoke lying words in God's name, illustrating the same deceit condemned in verse 9.
Jeremiah 29:31 gives another case of a false prophet (Shemaiah) who prophesied without being sent, extending the same condemnation.
Jeremiah 29:15 records the people's claim that God raised up prophets in Babylon — directly opposed by God's denial here.
Jeremiah 29:21 names specific false prophets Ahab and Zedekiah who 'prophesy a lie in My name', continuing the same judgment.
Jeremiah 27:15 echoes the same phrase 'I have not sent them' and 'prophesy a lie in My name' against false prophets.
Jeremiah 14:14 similarly says prophets 'prophesy lies in My name' and 'I have not sent them', reinforcing the same condemnation.
Jeremiah 23:21 repeats 'I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran' — the same divine disclaimer against false prophecy.
Jeremiah 27:14 also warns against prophets who 'prophesy a lie', matching the false prophecy condemned in this verse.
Jeremiah 28:11 provides a concrete example: Hananiah falsely claims 'Thus says the LORD', exactly the kind of false prophet denounced here.
Lamentations 2:14 laments that prophets saw 'false and deceptive visions' and did not uncover sin — a parallel indictment of false prophecy.
Ezekiel 13:2 condemns prophets who 'prophesy out of their own heart' yet claim 'Hear the word of the LORD' — same false claim as here.
Ezekiel 13:6 explicitly says 'the LORD has not sent them' even as they say 'Thus says the LORD' — a direct parallel to this verse.
2 Peter 2:1 explicitly compares false prophets of old to false teachers, mirroring the deception denounced in Jeremiah.
1 John 4:1 commands testing spirits because many false prophets exist, directly applying the warning from Jeremiah.