2 Chronicles 18:17-22
17And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?” 18And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: aI saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab the king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said one thing, and another said another. 20Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ 21And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be ba 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.’ 22Now therefore behold, the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets. The Lord has declared disaster concerning you.”2 Chronicles 25:16
16But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that cGod has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”Jeremiah 27:10
10 dFor it is a lie that they are prophesying to you, with the result that you will be removed far from your land, and I will drive you out, and you will perish.Ezekiel 14:3-10
3 e“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set fthe stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. gShould I indeed let myself be consulted by them? 4Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, hI the Lord will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols, 5 ithat I may lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, jwho are all estranged from me through their idols.6“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: kRepent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 7For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, lwho separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, mI the Lord will answer him myself. 8And nI will set my face against that man; I owill make him a sign and a byword pand cut him off from the midst of my people, qand you shall know that I am the Lord. 9And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, rI, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10And they shall bear their punishment ▼
▼Or iniquity; three times in this verse
—the punishment of the prophet and the punishment of the inquirer shall be alike— Matthew 24:24
24For tfalse christs and ufalse prophets will arise and vperform great signs and wonders, wso as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
9The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan xwith all power and false signs and wonders, 10and with all wicked deception for ythose who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11Therefore zGod sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe aawhat is false, 12in order that all may be condemned abwho did not believe the truth but achad pleasure in unrighteousness.
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