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Bible Verses about “modern day prophets”

The Bible contains 50 verses about modern day prophets across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.

1 John 4:1
758 votes

“Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”

Matthew 7:15
318 votes

“"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.”

Ephesians 4:11
297 votes

“He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;”

Ephesians 4:12
269 votes

“for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;”

Ephesians 4:13
248 votes

“until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;”

Ephesians 4:14
235 votes

“that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;”

2 Peter 1:21
166 votes

“For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.”

1 Thessalonians 5:21
130 votes

“Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.”

1 Corinthians 14:1
122 votes

“Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.”

1 Corinthians 14:3
100 votes

“But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation, and consolation.”

1 Corinthians 14:4
96 votes

“He who speaks in another language edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the assembly.”

2 Peter 1:20
94 votes

“knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.”

Amos 3:7
81 votes

“Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.”

Revelation 11:19
72 votes

“God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.”

Revelation 11:13
70 votes

“In that day there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven.”

Revelation 11:18
69 votes

“The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth."”

Revelation 11:15
68 votes

“The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"”

Revelation 11:2
67 votes

“Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.”

Revelation 11:6
64 votes

“These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.”

Ephesians 2:20
63 votes

“being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;”

Revelation 11:1
63 votes

“A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "Rise, and measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.”

Revelation 11:8
62 votes

“Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.”

Revelation 11:3
60 votes

“I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth."”

Revelation 11:4
60 votes

“These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, standing before the Lord of the earth.”

Revelation 11:7
60 votes

“When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.”

Revelation 11:9
60 votes

“From among the peoples, tribes, languages, and nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.”

Revelation 11:10
60 votes

“Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.”

Revelation 11:16
60 votes

“The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,”

Revelation 11:17
60 votes

“saying: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned.”

Revelation 11:5
58 votes

“If anyone desires to harm them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way.”

Revelation 11:11
58 votes

“After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.”

Revelation 11:12
58 votes

“I heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" They went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.”

Revelation 11:14
58 votes

“The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe comes quickly.”

Deuteronomy 18:22
43 votes

“when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing doesn't follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.”

Deuteronomy 18:20
38 votes

“But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die."”

Deuteronomy 18:21
33 votes

“If you say in your heart, "How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?"”

Acts 13:1
32 votes

“Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.”

Luke 16:16
31 votes

“The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.”

Jeremiah 23:30
28 votes

“Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, says Yahweh, who steal my words everyone from his neighbor.”

Revelation 19:10
27 votes

“I fell down before his feet to worship him. He said to me, "Look! Don't do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy."”

1 Thessalonians 5:20
20 votes

“Don't despise prophesies.”

2 Peter 1:19
12 votes

“We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:”

Jeremiah 14:14
8 votes

“Then Yahweh said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn't send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.”

Jeremiah 23:32
6 votes

“Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says Yahweh, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting: yet I didn't send them, nor commanded them; neither do they profit this people at all, says Yahweh.”

Jeremiah 23:28
5 votes

“The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says Yahweh.”

Jeremiah 14:15
4 votes

“Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, and I didn't send them, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.”

Jeremiah 23:29
4 votes

“Isn't my word like fire? says Yahweh; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”

Jeremiah 23:25
2 votes

“I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.”

Jeremiah 23:26
2 votes

“How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?”

Jeremiah 23:27
2 votes

“who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.”

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