100 Bible Verses About Prophecy
Bible verses about Prophecy
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Featured Verse
Genesis 22:4 (KJV)
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Elihu spake moreover, and said,
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,
But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath–huzoth.
And she answered them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.
And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
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