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Deuteronomy 18:21
Deuteronomy 18:21 is verse 21 of Deuteronomy chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”
King James Version
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
World English Bible
You may say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?”
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Deuteronomy 18:19–22 · Berean Standard Bible
19 And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
20 But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”
21 You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”
22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Thessalonians 5:24The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.
1 John 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1 John 4:2By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
1 John 4:3and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.
Revelation 2:2I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.