1 Samuel 22:7-11

7And Saul said to his servants who stood about him, “Hear now, people of Benjamin; will the son of Jesse ^agive every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, 8that all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me ^bwhen my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse. None of you ^cis sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, ^dto lie in wait, as at this day.” 9Then answered ^eDoeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, “I saw the son of Jesse ^fcoming to Nob, to ^gAhimelech the son of Ahitub, 10 ^hand he inquired of the Lord for him and ⁱgave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

11Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were at Nob, and all of them came to the king.

1 Kings 22:6-28

6Then the king of Israel ^jgathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.” 7But ^kJehoshaphat said, “Is there not here another prophet of the Lord of whom we may inquire?” 8And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.” 9Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.” 10Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor ^lat the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them. 11And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself ^mhorns of iron and said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘With these ⁿyou shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed.’” 12And all the prophets prophesied so and said, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab

13And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.” 14But Micaiah said, ^o“As the Lord lives, ^pwhat the Lord says to me, that I will speak.” 15And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?” And he answered him, “Go up and triumph; the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.” 16But the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord?” 17And he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, ^qas sheep that have no shepherd. And the Lord said, ‘These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.’” 18And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ^r“Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?” 19And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: ^sI saw the Lord sitting on his throne, ^tand all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left; 20and the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another. 21Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ 22And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be ^ua lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’ 23Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the Lord has declared disaster for you.”

24Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near ^vand struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?” 25And Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day when you go ^winto an inner chamber to hide yourself.” 26And the king of Israel said, “Seize Micaiah, and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son, 27and say, ‘Thus says the king, ^x“Put this fellow in prison and feed him meager rations of bread and water, ^yuntil I come in peace.”’” 28And Micaiah said, “If you return in peace, ^zthe Lord has not spoken by me.” And he said, ^aa“Hear, all you peoples!”

Proverbs 28:4

4Those who forsake the law ^abpraise the wicked,
but those who keep the law ^acstrive against them.

Isaiah 30:10

10 ^adwho say to ^aethe seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us ^afsmooth things,
prophesy illusions,

Jeremiah 5:31

31 ^agthe prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
^ahmy people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?

2 Timothy 4:3-4

3 ^aiFor the time is coming when people will not endure ^ajsound ▼

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teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4and ^alwill turn away from listening to the truth and ^amwander off into myths.