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Prophets

Prophets were called by God to speak His Word to His people, serving as messengers of divine truth, correction, and encouragement throughout biblical history. Their role was foundational to God's revelation before the completion of Scripture.

Overview

God appointed prophets as His spokespersons to communicate His will, announce judgment, and call people to repentance. From Moses to John the Baptist, prophets authenticated their message through miracles, fulfilled predictions, and alignment with God's Word. They confronted kings, comforted the afflicted, and preserved God's truth during spiritual decline.

Key Scriptures

"Then the LORD said to Moses, 'See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet'" (Exodus 7:1, ESV).

"In the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy" (Acts 2:17, ESV).

"Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son" (Hebrews 1:1-2, ESV).

Application

Evaluate all prophetic claims by Scripture alone, recognizing that God's complete revelation came through Christ and is preserved in the Bible.

Scripture References 40

Exodus 7:1 Acts 11:28 Acts 21:10 1 Kings 11:29 1 Kings 12:15 2 Chronicles 9:29 Amos 1:1 Amos 7:14 Amos 7:15 Luke 2:36 Ezra 5:2 Hebrews 1:1 2 Chronicles 15:2 2 Chronicles 15:8 1 Samuel 3:4 1 Samuel 3:5 1 Samuel 3:6 1 Samuel 3:7 1 Samuel 3:8 1 Samuel 3:9 1 Samuel 3:10 1 Samuel 3:11 1 Samuel 3:12 1 Samuel 3:13 1 Samuel 3:14 Numbers 12:8 Daniel 8:15 Daniel 8:16 Daniel 8:17 Daniel 8:18 Daniel 8:19 Daniel 8:20 Daniel 8:21 Daniel 8:22 Daniel 8:23 Daniel 8:24 Daniel 8:25 Daniel 8:26 Revelation 22:8 Revelation 22:9

Full Topical Reference List 498 total — Nave's Topical Bible

Aaron

Exodus 7:1

Agabus

Acts 11:28 Acts 21:10

Ahijah

1 Kings 11:29 1 Kings 12:15 2 Chronicles 9:29

Amos

Amos 1:1 Amos 7:14 Amos 7:15

Anna

Luke 2:36

Assisted the Jews in their great national undertakings

Ezra 5:2

At various time and in different ways

Hebrews 1:1

Azariah the son of Oded

2 Chronicles 15:2 2 Chronicles 15:8

By an audible voice

1 Samuel 3:4 1 Samuel 3:5 1 Samuel 3:6 1 Samuel 3:7 1 Samuel 3:8 1 Samuel 3:9 1 Samuel 3:10 1 Samuel 3:11 1 Samuel 3:12 1 Samuel 3:13 1 Samuel 3:14 Numbers 12:8

By angels

Daniel 8:15 Daniel 8:16 Daniel 8:17 Daniel 8:18 Daniel 8:19 Daniel 8:20 Daniel 8:21 Daniel 8:22 Daniel 8:23 Daniel 8:24 Daniel 8:25 Daniel 8:26 Revelation 22:8 Revelation 22:9

By dreams and visions

Joel 2:28 Numbers 12:6

Called Seers

1 Chronicles 9:22 1 Chronicles 29:29 1 Samuel 9:19 2 Chronicles 9:29 2 Chronicles 12:15 2 Chronicles 29:30 2 Kings 17:13 2 Samuel 15:27 2 Samuel 24:11 Isaiah 30:10 Micah 3:7

Christ exercised the office of

Mark 10:32 Mark 10:33 Mark 10:34

Christ predicted to exercise the office of

Acts 3:22 Deuteronomy 18:15

Counsellors to kings

Isaiah 37:2 Isaiah 37:3

Daniel

Daniel 12:11 Matthew 24:15

Daughters of Philip

Acts 21:9

David

Acts 2:25 Acts 2:30 Psalms 16:8 Psalms 16:9 Psalms 16:10 Psalms 16:11

Deborah

Judges 4:4

Denounce the wickedness of kings

1 Kings 18:18 1 Kings 21:17 1 Kings 21:18 1 Kings 21:19 1 Kings 21:20 1 Kings 21:21 1 Kings 21:22 1 Samuel 15:10 1 Samuel 15:16 1 Samuel 15:17 1 Samuel 15:18 1 Samuel 15:19 2 Samuel 12:7 2 Samuel 12:8 2 Samuel 12:9 2 Samuel 12:10 2 Samuel 12:11 2 Samuel 12:12

Elijah

1 Kings 17:1

Elisha

1 Kings 19:16

Enoch

Genesis 5:21 Genesis 5:22 Genesis 5:23 Genesis 5:24 Jude 1:14

Exhort to faithfulness and constancy in God's service

2 Chronicles 15:1 2 Chronicles 15:2 2 Chronicles 15:7

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 1:3

Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted

Isaiah 16:9 Isaiah 16:10 Isaiah 16:11 Jeremiah 9:1 Jeremiah 9:2 Jeremiah 9:3 Jeremiah 9:4 Jeremiah 9:5 Jeremiah 9:6 Jeremiah 9:7

Frequently in their actions, &c were made signs to the people

Ezekiel 4:1 Ezekiel 4:2 Ezekiel 4:3 Ezekiel 4:4 Ezekiel 4:5 Ezekiel 4:6 Ezekiel 4:7 Ezekiel 4:8 Ezekiel 4:9 Ezekiel 4:10 Ezekiel 4:11 Ezekiel 4:12 Ezekiel 4:13 Ezekiel 5:1 Ezekiel 5:2 Ezekiel 5:3 Ezekiel 5:4 Ezekiel 12:3 Ezekiel 12:4 Ezekiel 12:5 Ezekiel 12:6 Ezekiel 12:7 Ezekiel 24:1 Ezekiel 24:2 Ezekiel 24:3 Ezekiel 24:4 Ezekiel 24:5 Ezekiel 24:6 Ezekiel 24:7 Ezekiel 24:8 Ezekiel 24:9 Ezekiel 24:10 Ezekiel 24:11 Ezekiel 24:12 Ezekiel 24:13 Ezekiel 24:14 Ezekiel 24:15 Ezekiel 24:16 Ezekiel 24:17 Ezekiel 24:18 Ezekiel 24:19 Ezekiel 24:20 Ezekiel 24:21 Ezekiel 24:22 Ezekiel 24:23 Ezekiel 24:24 Hosea 1:2 Isaiah 20:2 Isaiah 20:3 Isaiah 20:4

Frequently left without divine communication on account of sins of The people

1 Samuel 28:6 Ezekiel 7:26 Lamentations 2:9

Frequently married men

2 Kings 4:1 Ezekiel 24:18

Frequently proclaimed at the gate of the Lord's house

Jeremiah 7:2

Frequently spoke in parables and riddles

2 Samuel 12:1 2 Samuel 12:2 2 Samuel 12:3 2 Samuel 12:4 2 Samuel 12:5 2 Samuel 12:6 Ezekiel 17:2 Ezekiel 17:3 Ezekiel 17:4 Ezekiel 17:5 Ezekiel 17:6 Ezekiel 17:7 Ezekiel 17:8 Ezekiel 17:9 Ezekiel 17:10 Isaiah 5:1 Isaiah 5:2 Isaiah 5:3 Isaiah 5:4 Isaiah 5:5 Isaiah 5:6 Isaiah 5:7

Gad

1 Chronicles 29:29 2 Samuel 24:11

God avenged all injuries done to

1 Chronicles 16:21 1 Chronicles 16:22 2 Kings 9:7 Luke 11:50 Matthew 23:35 Matthew 23:36 Matthew 23:37 Matthew 23:38

God spoke of old by

Hebrews 1:1 Hosea 12:10

Great patience of, under suffering

James 5:10

Habakkuk

Habakkuk 1:1

Haggai

Ezra 5:1 Ezra 6:14 Haggai 1:1

Hanani

2 Chronicles 16:7

His secret things

Amos 3:7

Holy men of God

2 Peter 1:21

Holy prophets

Luke 1:70 Revelation 18:20 Revelation 22:6

Hosea

Hosea 1:1

Huldah

2 Kings 22:14

Iddo

2 Chronicles 9:29 2 Chronicles 12:15

Inspiration of

1 Samuel 3:4 1 Samuel 3:5 1 Samuel 3:6 1 Samuel 3:7 1 Samuel 3:8 1 Samuel 3:9 1 Samuel 3:10 1 Samuel 3:19 1 Samuel 3:20 1 Samuel 3:21 1 Samuel 9:15 1 Samuel 9:16 1 Samuel 9:17 1 Samuel 9:18 1 Samuel 9:19 1 Samuel 9:20 1 Samuel 10:6 1 Samuel 10:7 1 Samuel 19:23 1 Samuel 19:24 2 Samuel 7:3 Deuteronomy 1:5 Deuteronomy 1:6 Deuteronomy 5:4 Deuteronomy 5:5 Deuteronomy 5:6 Deuteronomy 34:9 Deuteronomy 34:10 Deuteronomy 34:11 Exodus 3:14 Exodus 3:15 Genesis 41:38 Genesis 41:39 Judges 6:7 Judges 6:8 Judges 6:9 Judges 6:10 Numbers 9:8 Numbers 9:9 Numbers 9:10 Numbers 12:6 Numbers 12:7 Numbers 12:8 Numbers 16:28 Numbers 16:29 Numbers 24:2 Numbers 24:3 Numbers 24:4 Numbers 24:15 Numbers 24:16

Inspired by angels

Acts 7:53 Galatians 3:19 Hebrews 2:2 Zechariah 1:9 Zechariah 1:13 Zechariah 1:14 Zechariah 1:19

Isaiah

2 Chronicles 26:22 2 Kings 19:2 Isaiah 1:1

Jacob

Genesis 49:1

Jeduthun

2 Chronicles 35:15

Jehu the son of Hanani

1 Kings 16:1 1 Kings 16:7 1 Kings 16:12

Jeremiah

2 Chronicles 36:12 2 Chronicles 36:21 Jeremiah 1:1 Jeremiah 1:2

Joel

Acts 2:16 Joel 1:1

John

Jonah

2 Kings 14:25 Jonah 1:1 Matthew 12:39

Kept the chronicles

1 Chronicles 29:29 2 Chronicles 9:29 2 Chronicles 12:15

Malachi

Malachi 1:1

Martyrs

1 Thessalonians 2:15 Hebrews 11:37 Jeremiah 2:30 Luke 13:34 Mark 12:5 Matthew 23:37 Revelation 16:6

Men of God

1 Samuel 9:6

Micah

Micah 1:1

Micaiah the son of Imlah

1 Kings 22:7 1 Kings 22:8

Miriam

Exodus 15:20

Moses

Deuteronomy 18:18

Nahum

Nahum 1:1

Nathan

1 Kings 1:10 2 Samuel 7:2 2 Samuel 12:1

Noah

Genesis 9:25 Genesis 9:26 Genesis 9:27

Not honored in their own country

John 4:44 Luke 4:24 Luke 4:25 Luke 4:26 Luke 4:27 Matthew 13:57

Not to speak anything but what they received from God

Deuteronomy 18:20

Numerous in Israel

1 Kings 18:4 1 Samuel 10:5

Obadiah

Obadiah 1:1

Oded

2 Chronicles 28:9

Often accompanied by music while predicting

1 Samuel 10:5 2 Kings 3:15

Often committed their predictions to writing

2 Chronicles 21:12 Jeremiah 36:2

Often endued with miraculous power

1 Kings 17:23 2 Kings 5:3 2 Kings 5:4 2 Kings 5:5 2 Kings 5:6 2 Kings 5:7 2 Kings 5:8 Exodus 4:1 Exodus 4:2 Exodus 4:3 Exodus 4:4

Often imprisoned them

1 Kings 22:27 Jeremiah 32:2 Jeremiah 37:15 Jeremiah 37:16

Often led a wandering and unsettled life

1 Kings 18:10 1 Kings 18:11 1 Kings 18:12 1 Kings 19:3 1 Kings 19:8 1 Kings 19:15 2 Kings 4:10

Often left without, on account of sin

1 Samuel 3:1 Amos 8:11 Amos 8:12 Psalms 74:9

Often put them to death

1 Kings 18:13 1 Kings 19:10 Matthew 23:34 Matthew 23:35 Matthew 23:36 Matthew 23:37

Often tried to make them speak smooth things

1 Kings 22:13 Amos 2:12 Isaiah 30:10

One generally attached to the king's household

2 Chronicles 29:25 2 Chronicles 35:15 2 Samuel 24:11

Paul

1 Timothy 4:1

Persecuted them

2 Chronicles 36:16 Matthew 5:12

Persecutions of

2 Chronicles 36:16 Amos 2:12

Peter

2 Peter 2:1 2 Peter 2:2

Predict the coming of Christ

Acts 3:24 Acts 10:43 John 1:45 Luke 24:44

Predict the downfall of nations

Isaiah 15:1 Isaiah 17:1

Presented with gifts by those who consulted them

1 Kings 14:3 1 Samuel 9:7 1 Samuel 9:8

Proclaimed in the cities and streets

Jeremiah 11:6

Prophet of Judah

1 Kings 13:1

Prophet sent to Eli

1 Samuel 2:27

Prophet set to Israel

Judges 6:8

Prophets of God

Ezra 5:2

Reprove the wicked and exhort to repentance

2 Chronicles 24:19 2 Kings 17:13 Jeremiah 25:4 Jeremiah 25:5

Require to hear and believe

2 Chronicles 20:20 Deuteronomy 18:15

Samuel

1 Samuel 3:20

Schools of

1 Kings 20:35 2 Kings 2:3 2 Kings 2:4 2 Kings 2:5 2 Kings 2:6 2 Kings 2:7 2 Kings 2:8 2 Kings 2:9 2 Kings 2:10 2 Kings 2:11 2 Kings 2:12 2 Kings 2:13 2 Kings 2:14 2 Kings 2:15 2 Kings 4:1 2 Kings 4:38 2 Kings 9:1

Seers

1 Samuel 9:9

Shemaiah

1 Kings 12:22 2 Chronicles 12:7 2 Chronicles 12:15

Simple in their manner of life

Matthew 3:4

Sometimes received divine communications and uttered predictions under great bodily and mental excitement

Daniel 7:28 Daniel 10:8 Ezekiel 3:14 Ezekiel 3:15 Habakkuk 3:2 Habakkuk 3:16 Jeremiah 23:9

Sometimes thought it right to reject presents

2 Kings 5:15 2 Kings 5:16

Sometimes uttered their predictions in verse

Deuteronomy 32:44 Isaiah 5:1

Specially raised up on occasions of emergency

1 Samuel 3:19 1 Samuel 3:20 1 Samuel 3:21 Isaiah 6:8 Isaiah 6:9 Jeremiah 1:5

Spoke in the name of the Lord

2 Chronicles 33:18 Ezekiel 3:11 James 5:10

The historiographers of the Jewish nation

1 Chronicles 29:29 2 Chronicles 9:29

The interpreters of dreams

Daniel 1:17

The messengers of God

2 Chronicles 36:15 Isaiah 44:26

The sacred bards of the Jews

1 Chronicles 25:1 1 Samuel 10:5 1 Samuel 10:10 Exodus 15:20 Exodus 15:21

The servants of God

The watchmen of Israel

Ezekiel 3:17

To be bold and undaunted

Ezekiel 2:6 Ezekiel 3:8 Ezekiel 3:9

To be vigilant and faithful

Ezekiel 3:17 Ezekiel 3:18 Ezekiel 3:19 Ezekiel 3:20 Ezekiel 3:21

To declare everything that the Lord commanded

Jeremiah 26:2

To receive with attention all God's communications

Ezekiel 3:10

Trained up and instructed in schools

1 Samuel 19:20 2 Kings 2:3 2 Kings 2:5

Were all fulfilled

2 Kings 10:10 Acts 3:18 Isaiah 44:26 Revelation 10:7

Were consulted in all difficulties

1 Kings 14:2 1 Kings 14:3 1 Kings 14:4 1 Kings 22:7 1 Samuel 9:6 1 Samuel 28:15

Were esteemed as holy men

2 Kings 4:9

Were mighty through faith

Hebrews 11:32 Hebrews 11:33 Hebrews 11:34 Hebrews 11:35 Hebrews 11:36 Hebrews 11:37 Hebrews 11:38 Hebrews 11:39 Hebrews 11:40

Were under the influence of the Holy Spirit while prophesying

2 Peter 1:21 Luke 1:67

Women sometimes endowed as

Joel 2:28

Wore a coarse dress of hair-cloth

2 Kings 1:8 Matthew 3:4 Revelation 11:3 Zechariah 13:4

Writings of, read in the synagogues every Sabbath

Acts 13:15 Luke 4:17

Written on rolls and read to the people

Isaiah 8:1 Jeremiah 36:2

Written on tables and fixed up in some public place

Habakkuk 2:2

Zacharias the father of John

Luke 1:67

Zadok

Zechariah son of Iddo

Ezra 5:1 Zechariah 1:1

Zephaniah

Zephaniah 1:1

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