45 Bible Verses about Prophecy

And God said thus; that his posterity should be a stranger in a foreign land, and they shall enslave it and treat it injuriously four hundred years; and the nation which they shall serve will I judge, said God, and after that they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

inquiring as to what person or what time the Spirit of Christ which was in them signified, when it declared before the sufferings of Christ and after these the glories,

For I tell you truly, that till heaven and earth pass away, one iota or one point shall by no means pass away from the law till all things are accomplished.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Therefore it is by faith that it may be by grace, that the promise may be sure to all the posterity, not to that of the law only but to that of the faith of Abraham, who is a father of us all,

For those living at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing him and the words of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning [him];

For I tell you truly, that till heaven and earth pass away, one iota or one point shall by no means pass away from the law till all things are accomplished.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

and when they had performed all things written of him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.

You are the children of the prophets, and of the promise which God promised to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

And the Scripture foreseeing that God would justify the nations by faith, promised before to Abraham, In you shall all the nations be blessed.

Concerning which salvation the prophets also who prophesied concerning the grace [bestowed] on us inquired diligently and sought, inquiring as to what person or what time the Spirit of Christ which was in them signified, when it declared before the sufferings of Christ and after these the glories,

To him all the prophets bear witness, that every one who believes in him has forgiveness of sins through his name.

Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you, of your brothers, like me; him shall you hear in all things which he shall speak to you; and every soul which will not hear that prophet shall be destroyed from the people. And all the prophets, from Samuel and those following him in order, who have spoken, have also announced these days.

All Scripture is divinely inspired and is profitable for instruction, for conviction, for correction, for education in righteousnes,

For prophecy was never brought by the will of man, but moved by the Holy Spirit men spoke from God,

as he said by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old;

and one of them, by the name of Agabus, standing up signified by the spirit that a great famine was about to come on all the world; which also came under Claudius Caesar.

and disagreeing among themselves they were dismissed by Paul, saying one word; Well did the Holy Spirit speak by Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,

Blessed is he that reads, and those that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the time is at hand.

Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.

And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers,

And I will give charge to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy twelve hundred and sixty days [three years and a half] clothed with sackcloth.

You have the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord, my brothers, as an example of patience and long-suffering.

And he said to them, O foolish men, and of a mind slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken.

but this is what was said by the prophet; In the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

but what God had before declared by the mouth of all the prophets that his Anointed should suffer, he has so accomplished.

and coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, and binding his hands and feet, he said, These things, says the Holy Spirit; Thus will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle, and deliver him into the hands of the gentiles.

Little children, it is the last time; and as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many have become anti-christs; whence we know that it is the last time.

But do you, beloved, remember the words spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they said to you, That in the last time there shall be scoffers, walking in their own impious desires.

Thus was fulfilled the word spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted because they were not.

And he said to them, Well did Isaiah prophecy of you, hypocrites, as it is written; This people honors me with the lips, but their heart is far from me; but in vain do they worship me, teaching for teachings the commandments of men;

and disagreeing among themselves they were dismissed by Paul, saying one word; Well did the Holy Spirit speak by Isaiah the prophet to our fathers, saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you shall hear and not understand, and seeing you shall see and not perceive; for the heart of this people has become hard, and they hear imperfectly with their ears, and they have shut their eyes, lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I should cure them.

For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his dwelling be desolate and let no one dwell in it, and his superintendency let another take.

despise not prophecies.

And throwing down the silver in the temple he departed; and having gone away strangled himself.

For he was numbered with us, and obtained the inheritance of this service. This man therefore purchased a field with the price of the wickedness, and falling headlong burst in the middle and all his bowels were poured out; and this became known to all who lived at Jerusalem, so that that field was called in their language Aceldamach, which is Field of blood. read more.
For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his dwelling be desolate and let no one dwell in it, and his superintendency let another take.

I testify to every one that hears the words of the prophecy of this book. If any one adds to them, God shall add to him the plagues written in this book; and if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and the holy city, described in this book.

I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.

JESUS having said these words went out with his disciples across the brook Cedron, where there was a garden, into which he entered and his disciples. And Judas who betrayed him knew the place, for Jesus often retired there with his disciples. Then Judas taking the guard and the officers of the chief priests and Pharisees, came there with torches, and lamps, and weapons. read more.
Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that were coming upon him, went out and said to them, Whom do you seek? They answered him, Jesus the Nazoraean. Jesus said to them, I am he. And Judas who betrayed him stood with them. When, therefore, he said to them, I am he, they went backwards and fell on the ground. Then he asked them again, Whom do you seek? And they said, Jesus, the Nazoraean. Jesus answered, I told you that I am he; if, therefore, you seek me, let these go; that the word might be fulfilled which he said, Of those whom thou gayest me I have lost none.

saying to them, Men, I see that the voyage will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and ship, but also of our lives.

And we being exceedingly pressed with the storm, on the next day they cast the cargo overboard, and on the third day with our own hands we cast overboard the furniture of the ship. And neither sun nor stars appearing for many days, and no slight storm being upon us, at last all hope that we should be saved was taken away. read more.
Then there having been long abstinence from food, Paul stood up in the midst of them and said, You ought, men, taking my advice, not to have sailed from Crete, and to have saved this injury and loss. And now I advise you to be of good courage; for there shall be no loss of a life of you, but only of the ship. For an angel of the God whose I am, and whom I serve, came to me this night and said, Fear not, Paul; you must stand before Caesar, and behold, God has given you all that sail with you. Wherefore, men, be of good courage; for I believe God, that it will be as he has told me; but we must be cast on a certain island. And on the fourteenth night, when we were borne along in the Adriatic, at about midnight the sailors suspected that some land was approaching them. And sounding they found twenty fathoms, and going a little distance and sounding again they found fifteen fathoms; and fearing lest we should fall on rough places, casting out four anchors from the stern, they prayed for day. And the sailors seeking to escape from the ship, and letting down the boat into the sea, with the pretence that they were about to put out anchors from the fore part of the ship, Paul said to the centurion and soldiers, Unless these continue in the ship you cannot be saved. Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the boat and let it fall off. And when day was about to appear, Paul exhorted all to take food, saying, It is the fourteenth day to-day that you have watched and continued without food, taking nothing. Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food; for this is necessary to your safety, for there shall not a hair perish from the head of any one of you. And having said these things, and taken bread, he thanked God before all, and having broken began to eat. And all being in good spirits they also partook of food; and all the souls in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six. And being satisfied with food they lightened the ship, casting the wheat into the sea. And when it was day they did not know the land, but they perceived a bay having a shore, on which they wished if possible to thrust the ship. And taking up the anchors, they committed [the ship] to the sea, loosening at the same time the fastenings of the rudder and raising the top sail to the wind, they bore down towards the shore. And falling on a place with a sea on both sides, they run the ship aground. And the bow being firmly fixed, remained immoveable; and the stern was broken by violence. And the design of the soldiers was to kill the prisoners, that none might escape by swimming; but the centurion wishing to save Paul, prohibited them from this design, and commanded those able to swim to cast themselves into the water first, and go to the land; and the rest, some on boards, and some on parts of the ship; and in this way all were brought safely to land.

A REVELATION of Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his servants [things] which must shortly occur, and he sent and made them known by his angel to his servant John,

Therefore, behold, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

For prophecy was never brought by the will of man, but moved by the Holy Spirit men spoke from God,

to whom it was revealed that they ministered not to themselves but to us those things which have now been declared to you by those who preached to you the good news, with the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, into which the angels desire to look.

knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of its own solution.

For prophecy was never brought by the will of man, but moved by the Holy Spirit men spoke from God,

And we have the more sure prophetic word, to which you will do well to attend, as to a light shining in a dark place, till the day dawns and the day-star arises in your hearts,

And we have the more sure prophetic word, to which you will do well to attend, as to a light shining in a dark place, till the day dawns and the day-star arises in your hearts,

And we have the more sure prophetic word, to which you will do well to attend, as to a light shining in a dark place, till the day dawns and the day-star arises in your hearts,

AND when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one mind together.

and when this sound was [heard], the multitude came together and were astonished, for they each one heard them speaking in his own language. And they were astonished and wondered, saying, Are not all these that speak Galileans? And how do we hear each one in our own language in which we were born, read more.
Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who live in Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Lybia about Cyrene, and the Roman strangers, both Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabs, do we hear them speak in our tongues of the great works of God. And they were all astonished and perplexed, saying one to another, What does this mean? But others mocking said, They are full of sweet wine. But Peter standing up with the eleven lifted up his voice and said to them, Men of Judea, and all who live at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and attend to my words. For these are not drunk as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day [9 A.M.], but this is what was said by the prophet; In the last days, says God, I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; and upon my male servants and upon my female servants in those days will I pour out of my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. And I will show prodigies in heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and a cloud of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and illustrious day of the Lord comes. And whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Wherefore he says, When he ascended on high, he took captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.

He that descended is the same also that ascended above all heavens, that he might fill all [places].

And he said to them, These are my words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things written in the law of Moses, and Prophets, and Psalms, concerning me, must be fully accomplished.

And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

as he said by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old;

Fear not what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried, and you shall have affliction ten days. Be faithful till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

For this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.