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1 Kings 13:18

Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,

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ASV

And he said unto him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

KJV

He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
ל֗וֹloto him
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589 →
נָבִיא֮na.Vi'[am] a prophetH5030 →
כָּמוֹךָ֒ka.mo.Khalike youH3644 →
וּמַלְאָ֡ךְu.mal.'Akhand an angelH4397 →
דִּבֶּ֣רdi.Berit has spokenH1696 →
אֵלַי֩'e.Laito meH413 →
בִּדְבַ֨רbid.Varby [the] word ofH1697 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
הֲשִׁבֵ֤הוּha.shi.Ve.hubring back himH7725 →
אִתְּךָ֙'i.te.Khawith youH854 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
בֵּיתֶ֔ךָbei.Te.khahouse yourH1004 →
וְיֹ֥אכַלve.Yo.khalso he may eatH398 →
לֶ֖חֶםLe.chembreadH3899 →
וְיֵ֣שְׁתְּve.Ye.shetso he may drinkH8354 →
מָ֑יִםMa.yimwaterH4325 →
כִּחֵ֖שׁki.Cheshhe liedH3584 →
לֽוֹ׃loto him

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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.Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.Deuteronomy 13:1If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.Jeremiah 23:32“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.2 Corinthians 11:13–15For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.Numbers 22:35But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.Jeremiah 28:15–16Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.1 Timothy 4:2influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.Isaiah 36:10So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”Genesis 3:4–5“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.Isaiah 9:15The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’Ezekiel 13:9–10My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.Ezekiel 13:22Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,2 Corinthians 11:3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.Jeremiah 5:12They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.

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The Disobedient Prophet Is Slain by a Lion — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Disobedient Prophet Is Slain by a Lion — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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