Numbers 24:4

4the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
afalling down with his eyes uncovered:

Numbers 31:8

8They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, bEvi, Rekem, cZur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed dBalaam the son of Beor with the sword.

1 Kings 22:11-20

11And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself ehorns of iron and said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘With these fyou 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, g“As the Lord lives, hwhat 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, ias 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, j“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: kI saw the Lord sitting on his throne, land 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.

Jeremiah 23:13-32

13In the prophets of mSamaria
nI saw an unsavory thing:
othey prophesied by Baal
pand led my people Israel astray.
14But in the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen a horrible thing:
qthey commit adultery and walk in lies;
rthey strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
sall of them have become like Sodom to me,
tand its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
15Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
uBehold, I will feed them with bitter food
vand give them wpoisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”
16Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, xfilling you with vain hopes. yThey speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord. 17They say continually to those who despise the word of the Lord, z‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who aastubbornly follows his own heart, they say, abNo disaster shall come upon you.’”

18 For acwho among them has stood in the council of the Lord
to see and to hear his word,
or who has paid attention to his word and listened?
19 adBehold, the storm of the Lord!
Wrath has gone forth,
aea whirling tempest;
it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
20 afThe anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he has executed and agaccomplished
the intents of his heart.
ahIn the latter days you will understand it clearly.
21 ai“I did not send the prophets,
yet they ran;
I did not speak to them,
yet they prophesied.
22 ajBut if they had stood in my council,
then they would have proclaimed my words to my people,
akand they would have turned them from their evil way,
and alfrom the evil of their deeds.
23 am“Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? 24 anCan a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. aoDo I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord. 25I have heard what the prophets have said apwho prophesy lies in my name, saying, aq‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ 26How long shall there be lies in the heart of arthe prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart, 27who think to make my people forget my name asby their dreams that they tell one another, even as their atfathers forgot my name for Baal? 28 auLet the prophet who has a dream avtell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. awWhat has straw in common with wheat? declares the Lord. 29 axIs not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and aylike a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? 30 azTherefore, behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who steal my words from one another. 31Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the Lord, who use their tongues and declare, ‘declares the Lord.’ 32Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the Lord, and who tell them and balead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when bbI did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the Lord.

Matthew 10:5-8

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

5 bcThese twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of bdthe Samaritans, 6 bebut go rather to bfthe lost sheep of bgthe house of Israel. 7And proclaim as you go, saying, bh‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ 8 biHeal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers,
Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13
cast out demons. bkYou received without paying; give without pay.

Luke 13:26

26Then you will begin to say, bl‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
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