5 Bible Verses about Unfulfilled Word

Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits (cisterns, underground water storage); then we will say [to our father], ‘A wild animal killed and devoured him’; and we shall see what will become of his dreams!”

When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord and the thing does not happen or come true, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.

“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are long and every vision fails’?

What comes into your mind will never happen, when you say, ‘We will be like the [pagan] nations, like the tribes of the [Gentile] countries, serving [idols made of] wood and stone.’

But Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me both of you, so that nothing of what you have said will come upon me.”