100 Bible Verses About Prophecy
Bible verses about Prophecy
Delve into the profound realm of prophecy, a divine gift illuminating God's will and purpose throughout scripture. Understanding prophecy isn't merely about predicting the future; it's about recognizing God's active hand in history, His unwavering faithfulness to His promises, and His invitation to align our lives with His eternal plan. Explore these verses to discern the spirit of prophecy, allowing it to shape your perspective, strengthen your faith, and ignite a deeper understanding of God's redemptive narrative unfolding in your life and the world around you. Let the prophetic word guide you towards truth, hope, and a closer relationship with the Almighty.
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Numbers 22:11 (KJV)
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
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And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the Lord hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof.
Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.
Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
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 in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
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.
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.
For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
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.
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher–shalal–hash–baz.
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.
And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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.
And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
And Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning Moab since that time.
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
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 reign.
Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
(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.)
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
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 Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying,
Exploring biblical prophecy reveals a God actively involved in history, foretelling events and guiding humanity towards His ultimate purposes. The verses highlighted showcase the diverse nature of prophecy, ranging from specific predictions about individuals and nations to broader pronouncements concerning the Messiah and the end times. While some prophecies have already been fulfilled, serving as powerful testaments to God's faithfulness and the Bible's divine inspiration, others remain future possibilities, inviting continued study and discernment. Ultimately, these prophecies call us to a deeper understanding of God's plan, urging us to live with hope and purpose in light of His promised future. Reflecting on these verses should not only deepen our knowledge but also inspire us to align our lives with God's will, remaining vigilant and faithful as we await the fulfillment of all that He has spoken.