18 Bible Verses about Prophecy, Inspiration Of Ot

Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets. For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

Year after year you put up with them, and gave witness against them by your spirit through your prophets: still they did not give ear: and so you gave them up into the hands of the peoples of the lands.

And they made their hearts like the hardest stone, so that they might not give ear to the law and the words which the Lord of armies had said by the earlier prophets: and there came great wrath from the Lord of armies.

In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways;

Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying, Say to the people of Israel, The Lord has said, See, I will make my holy place unclean, the pride of your strength, the pleasure of your eyes, and the desire of your soul; and your sons and daughters, who did not come with you here, will be put to the sword.

Then the Lord said to Samuel,

Now that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

But while they were seated at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had taken him back;

And the word of the Lord came to Jehu, son of Hanani, protesting against Baasha and saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

Now before Isaiah had gone out of the middle of the town, the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his rule.

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,

When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him.

The prophet whose words are of peace, when his words come true, will be seen to be a prophet whom the Lord has sent.