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PROPHETS
- -  Called SEERS: ...  1Sa 9:19; 2Sa 15:27; 24:11; 2Ki 17:13; 1Ch 9:22; 29:29; 2Ch  9:29; 12:15; 29:30; Isa 30:10; Mic 3:7|
- -  Schools of: ...  1Ki 20:35; 2Ki 2:3-15; 4:1,38; 9:1|
- -  Kept the chronicles: ...  1Ch 29:29; 2Ch 9:29; 12:15|
- -  Counselors to kings: ...  Isa 37:2,3|
- -  Not honored in their own country: ...  Mt 13:57; Lu 4:24-27; Joh 4:44|
- -  Inspired by angels: ...  Zec 1:9,13,14,19; Ac 7:53; Ga 3:19; Heb 2:2|
- -  Persecutions of: ...  2Ch 36:16; Am 2:12|
- -  Martyrs: ...  Jer 2:30; Mt 23:37; Mr 12:5; Lu 13:34; 1Th 2:15; Heb 11:37;  Re 16:6|
- -  BENEFITS OF
......  Presents: ...  1Sa 9:7,8; 1Ki 14:3; 2Ki 4:42; 8:8,9; Eze 13:19|
......  Presents refused by: ...  Nu 22:18; 1Ki 13:7,8; 2Ki 5:5,16|

- -  God spoke of old by: ...  Ho 12:10; Heb 1:1|
- -  The messengers of God: ...  2Ch 36:15; Isa 44:26|
- -  The servants of God: ...  Jer 35:15|
- -  The watchmen of Israel: ...  Eze 3:17|
- -  WERE CALLED
......  Men of God: ...  1Sa 9:6|
......  Prophets of God: ...  Ezr 5:2|
......  Holy prophets: ...  Lu 1:70; Re 18:20; 22:6|
......  Holy men of God: ...  2Pe 1:21|
......  Seers: ...  1Sa 9:9|
- -  Were esteemed as holy men: ...  2Ki 4:9|
- -  Women sometimes endowed as: ...  Joe 2:28|
- -  GOD COMMUNICATED TO
......  His secret things: ...  Am 3:7|
......  At various time and in different ways: ...  Heb 1:1|
......  By an audible voice: ...  Nu 12:8; 1Sa 3:4-14|
......  By angels: ...  Da 8:15-26; Re 22:8,9|
......  By dreams and visions: ...  Nu 12:6; Joe 2:28|
- -  Were under the influence of the Holy Spirit while prophesying: ...  Lu 1:67; 2Pe 1:21|
- -  Spoke in the name of the Lord: ...  2Ch 33:18; Eze 3:11; Jas 5:10|
- -  Frequently spoke in parables and riddles: ...  2Sa 12:1-6; Isa 5:1-7; Eze 17:2-10|
- -  Frequently in their actions, &c were made signs to the people: ...  Isa 20:2-4; Jer 19:1,10,11; 27:2,3; 43:9; 51:63; Eze   4:1-13; 5:1-4; 7:23; 12:3-7; 21:6,7; 24:1-24; Ho 1:2-9|
- -  Frequently left without divine communication on account of sins of the people: ...  1Sa 28:6; La 2:9; Eze 7:26|
- -  WERE REQUIRED
......  To be bold and undaunted: ...  Eze 2:6; 3:8,9|
......  To be vigilant and faithful: ...  Eze 3:17-21|
......  To receive with attention all God's communications: ...  Eze 3:10|
......  Not to speak anything but what they received from God: ...  De 18:20|
......  To declare everything that the Lord commanded: ...  Jer 26:2|
- -  Sometimes received divine communications and uttered predictions under great bodily and mental excitement: ...  Jer 23:9; Eze 3:14,15; Da 7:28; 10:8; Hab 3:2,16|
- -  Sometimes uttered their predictions in verse: ...  De 32:44; Isa 5:1|
- -  Often accompanied by music while predicting: ...  1Sa 10:5; 2Ki 3:15|
- -  Often committed their predictions to writing: ...  2Ch 21:12; Jer 36:2|
- -  Writings of, read in the synagogues every Sabbath: ...  Lu 4:17; Ac 13:15|
- -  ORDINARY
......  Numerous in Israel: ...  1Sa 10:5; 1Ki 18:4|
......  Trained up and instructed in schools: ...  2Ki 2:3,5; 1Sa 19:20|
......  The sacred bards of the Jews: ...  Ex 15:20,21; 1Sa 10:5,10; 1Ch 25:1|
- -  EXTRAORDINARY
......  Specially raised up on occasions of emergency: ...  1Sa 3:19-21; Isa 6:8,9; Jer 1:5|
......  Often endued with miraculous power: ...  Ex 4:1-4; 1Ki 17:23; 2Ki 5:3-8|
- -  Frequently married men: ...  2Ki 4:1; Eze 24:18|
- -  Wore a coarse dress of hair-cloth: ...  2Ki 1:8; Zec 13:4; Mt 3:4; Re 11:3|
- -  Often led a wandering and unsettled life: ...  1Ki 18:10-12; 19:3,8,15; 2Ki 4:10|
- -  Simple in their manner of life: ...  Mt 3:4|
- -  The historiographers of the Jewish nation: ...  1Ch 29:29; 2Ch 9:29|
- -  The interpreters of dreams: ...  Da 1:17|
- -  Were consulted in all difficulties: ...  1Sa 9:6; 28:15; 1Ki 14:2-4; 22:7|
- -  Presented with gifts by those who consulted them: ...  1Sa 9:7,8; 1Ki 14:3|
- -  Sometimes thought it right to reject presents: ...  2Ki 5:15,16|
- -  WERE SENT TO
......  Reprove the wicked and exhort to repentance: ...  2Ki 17:13; 2Ch 24:19; Jer 25:4,5|
......  Denounce the wickedness of kings: ...  1Sa 15:10,16-19; 2Sa 12:7-12; 1Ki 18:18; 21:17-22|
......  Exhort to faithfulness and constancy in God's service: ...  2Ch 15:1,2,7|
......  Predict the coming of Christ: ...  Lu 24:44; Joh 1:45; Ac 3:24; 10:43|
......  Predict the downfall of nations: ...  Isa 15:1; 17:1; Jer 47:1-51:64|
- -  Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted: ...  Isa 16:9-11; Jer 9:1-7|
- -  PREDICTIONS OF
......  Frequently proclaimed at the gate of the Lord's house: ...  Jer 7:2|
......  Proclaimed in the cities and streets: ...  Jer 11:6|
......  Written on tables and fixed up in some public place: ...  Hab 2:2|
......  Written on rolls and read to the people: ...  Isa 8:1; Jer 36:2|
......  Were all fulfilled: ...  2Ki 10:10; Isa 44:26; Ac 3:18; Re 10:7|
- -  Assisted the Jews in their great national undertakings: ...  Ezr 5:2|
- -  INSPIRATION OF: ...  Ge 40:8; 41:16,38,39; Ex 3:14,15; 4:12,15,27; 6:13,29; 7:2;  19:3,9,19; 24:16; 25:9,22; 26:30; 33:9,11; 35:31,35; Nu 1:1;  7:89; 9:8-10; 11:17,25; 12:6-8; 16:28,29; 22:18,38;  23:5,12,20,26; 24:2-4,15,16; Le 1:1; De 1:5,6; 5:4-6,31;  34:9-11; Jos 3:7; Jud 6:7-10,34; 11:29; 13:25; 14:6,19; 1Sa  3:1,4-10,20,21; 9:6,15-20; 10:6,7,10; 16:13; 19:20,23,24;  2Sa 7:3-7; 12:1; 23:2,3; 1Ki 13:20; 14:5; 17:1,24; 18:36,46;  19:9; 22:14,28; 2Ki 1:12; 2:9,15; 3:11,12,15; 4:27; 5:8;  6:8-12,17,32; 10:10; 1Ch 12:18; 21:18; 28:11,12,19; 2Ch  8:14; 15:1; 18:27; 20:14; 24:20; 26:5; 33:18; 36:12,15; Ezr  5:1,2; Ne 9:30; Job 32:8; 33:14-16; Ps 103:7; Isa 6:1-9;  8:11; 44:26; 63:11; Jer 1:1,2,4-10; 2:1; 7:1,25; 11:1,18;  13:1-3; 16:1; 18:1; 20:9; 23:9; 24:4; 25:3; 26:1,2,12;  27:1,2; 29:30; 33:1; 34:1; 42:4,7; Eze 1:1,3,20; 2:1,2,4,5;  3:10-12,14,16,17,22,24,27; 8:1; 11:1,4,5,24; 33:22; 37:1;  40:1; 43:5; Da 1:17; 2:19; 7:16; 8:16; 9:1-22; 10:7-9; Ho  1:1,2; 12:10; Joe 2:28,29; Am 3:7,8; 7:7,14,15; 9:1; Ob 1:1;  Jon 1:1; 3:1,2; Mic 1:1; 3:8; Hab 3:2,16; Hag 1:13; Zec  1:1,7; 2:9; 7:12; Mr 12:36; Lu 1:15,41,67,70; 2:25-27; 3:2;  Joh 1:6; Ac 2:2-4,30; 3:18; 7:55,56; 8:29,39; 11:28;  21:4,10,11; 28:25; Ro 1:1,2; 1Co 12:7-11; 14:32; Heb 1:1;  3:5; Jas 5:10; 1Pe 1:10,11; 2Pe 1:21; Jude 1:14; Re 2:7;  10:7; 14:13; 22:6,8|
......  See REVELATION 
......  See WORD OF GOD, INSPIRATION OF 

- -  MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
......  Enoch: ...  Ge 5:21-24; Jude 1:14|
......  Noah: ...  Ge 9:25-27|
......  Jacob: ...  Ge 49:1|
......  Aaron: ...  Ex 7:1|
......  Moses: ...  De 18:18|
......  Miriam: ...  Ex 15:20|
......  Deborah: ...  Jud 4:4|
......  Prophet set to Israel: ...  Jud 6:8|
......  Prophet sent to Eli: ...  1Sa 2:27|
......  Samuel: ...  1Sa 3:20|
......  David: ...  Ps 16:8-11; Ac 2:25,30|
......  Nathan: ...  2Sa 7:2; 12:1; 1Ki 1:10|
......  Zadok: ...  2Sa 15:27|
......  Gad: ...  2Sa 24:11; 1Ch 29:29|
......  Ahijah: ...  1Ki 11:29; 12:15; 2Ch 9:29|
......  Prophet of Judah: ...  1Ki 13:1|
......  Iddo: ...  2Ch 9:29; 12:15|
......  Shemaiah: ...  1Ki 12:22; 2Ch 12:7,15|
......  Azariah the son of Oded: ...  2Ch 15:2,8|
......  Hanani: ...  2Ch 16:7|
......  Jehu the son of Hanani: ...  1Ki 16:1,7,12|
......  Elijah: ...  1Ki 17:1|
......  Elisha: ...  1Ki 19:16|
......  Micaiah the son of Imlah: ...  1Ki 22:7,8|
......  Jonah: ...  2Ki 14:25; Jon 1:1; Mt 12:39|
......  Isaiah: ...  2Ki 19:2; 2Ch 26:22; Isa 1:1|
......  Hosea: ...  Ho 1:1|
......  Amos: ...  Am 1:1; 7:14,15|
......  Micah: ...  Mic 1:1|
......  Oded: ...  2Ch 28:9|
......  Nahum: ...  Na 1:1|
......  Joel: ...  Joe 1:1; Ac 2:16|
......  Zephaniah: ...  Zep 1:1|
......  Huldah: ...  2Ki 22:14|
......  Jeduthun: ...  2Ch 35:15|
......  Jeremiah: ...  2Ch 36:12,21; Jer 1:1,2|
......  Habakkuk: ...  Hab 1:1|
......  Obadiah: ...  Ob 1:1|
......  Ezekiel: ...  Eze 1:3|
......  Daniel: ...  Da 12:11; Mt 24:15|
......  Haggai: ...  Ezr 5:1; 6:14; Hag 1:1|
......  Zechariah son of Iddo: ...  Ezr 5:1; Zec 1:1|
......  Malachi: ...  Mal 1:1|
......  Zacharias the father of John: ...  Lu 1:67|
......  Anna: ...  Lu 2:36|
......  Agabus: ...  Ac 11:28; 21:10|
......  Daughters of Philip: ...  Ac 21:9|
......  Paul: ...  1Ti 4:1|
......  Peter: ...  2Pe 2:1,2|
......  John: ...  Re 1:1|
- -  One generally attached to the king's household: ...  2Sa 24:11; 2Ch 29:25; 35:15|
- -  THE JEWS
......  Require to hear and believe: ...  De 18:15; 2Ch 20:20|
......  Often tried to make them speak smooth things: ...  1Ki 22:13; Isa 30:10; Am 2:12|
......  Persecuted them: ...  2Ch 36:16; Mt 5:12|
......  Often imprisoned them: ...  1Ki 22:27; Jer 32:2; 37:15,16|
......  Often put them to death: ...  1Ki 18:13; 19:10; Mt 23:34-37|
......  Often left without, on account of sin: ...  1Sa 3:1; Ps 74:9; Am 8:11,12|
- -  Were mighty through faith: ...  Heb 11:32-40|
- -  Great patience of, under suffering: ...  Jas 5:10|
- -  God avenged all injuries done to: ...  2Ki 9:7; 1Ch 16:21,22; Mt 23:35-38; Lu 11:50|
- -  Christ predicted to exercise the office of: ...  De 18:15; Ac 3:22|
- -  Christ exercised the office of: ...  Mt 24:1-25:46; Mr 10:32-34|
 
 

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PROPHETS, FALSE
- -  Pretended to be sent by God: ...  Jer 23:17,18,31|
- -  Not sent or commissioned by God: ...  Jer 14:14; 23:21; 29:31|
- -  Made use of by God to prove Israel: ...  De 13:3|

- -  DESCRIBED AS
......  Light and treacherous: ...  Zep 3:4|
......  Covetous: ...  Mic 3:11|
......  Crafty: ...  Mt 7:15|
......  Drunken: ...  Isa 28:7|
......  Immoral and profane: ...  Jer 23:11,14|

- -  Women sometimes acted as: ...  Ne 6:14; Re 2:20|
- -  Called foolish prophets: ...  Eze 13:2|
- -  Compared to foxes in the desert: ...  Eze 13:4|
- -  Compared to wind: ...  Jer 5:13|
- -  Influenced by evil spirits: ...  1Ki 22:21,22|
- -  Often practised divination and witchcraft: ...  Jer 14:14; Eze 22:28; Ac 13:6|
- -  Often pretended to dreams: ...  Jer 23:28,32|
- -  Often deceived by God as a judgment: ...  Eze 14:9|

- -  PROPHESIED
......  Falsely: ...  Jer 5:31|
......  Lies in the name of the Lord: ...  Jer 14:14|
......  Out of their own heart: ...  Jer 23:16,26; Eze 13:2|
......  In the name of false gods: ...  Jer 2:8|
......  Peace, when there was no peace: ...  Jer 6:14; 23:17; Eze 13:10; Mic 3:5|
- -  THE PEOPLE
......  Led into error: ...  Jer 23:13; Mic 3:5|
......  Made to forget God's name by: ...  Jer 23:27|
......  Deprived of God's word by: ...  Jer 23:30|
......  Taught profaneness and sin by: ...  Jer 23:14,15|
......  Oppressed and defrauded by: ...  Eze 22:25|
......  Warned not to listen to: ...  De 13:3; Jer 23:16; 27:9,15,16|
......  Encouraged and praised: ...  Jer 5:31; Lu 6:26|
- -  Mode of trying and detecting: ...  De 13:1,2; 18:21,22; 1Jo 4:1-3|
- -  PREDICTED TO ARISE
......  Before destruction of Jerusalem: ...  Mt 24:11,24|
......  In the latter times: ...  2Pe 2:1|
- -  Judgments denounced against: ...  Jer 8:1,2; 14:15; 28:16,17; 29:32|
- -  Involved the people in their own ruin: ...  Isa 9:15,16; Jer 20:6; Eze 14:10|

- -  FALSE: ...  1Ki 13:18; Ne 6:12; Jer 23:25-27,30-32; La 2:14|
......  Warnings to: ...  De 13:1-3|
......  Denunciations against: ...  De 18:20; Jer 14:15|
......  Punishment of: ...  Jer 14:13-16; 20:6; 28:16,17; 29:32; Zec 13:3|
......  Instances of
......  Noadiah: ...  Ne 6:14|
......  400 In Samaria: ...  1Ki 22:6-12; 2Ch 18:5|
......  See MINISTERS, FALSE 
 
 
 

PROPITIATION
- -  (Expiation, sin-offering)): ...  Ro 3:25; 5:1,10,11; 2Co 5:18,19; Col 1:20-22; 1Jo 2:2;  4:10|
- -  (R. V., margin, reads, "And over it the propitiatory."): ...  Heb 9:5|
- -  See ATONEMENT