Deuteronomy 18:20-22

The Voice

²⁰ But a prophet who dares to say anything in My name that I haven’t commanded, or who says anything in the name of another god, will die.” ²¹ Now you may be wondering, “How will we recognize something He hasn’t commanded a prophet to say?” ²² If a prophet speaks in the Eternal One’s name, but the words turn out not to be true or the prediction doesn’t happen, then He wasn’t actually speaking. That prophet arrogantly spoke in the Lord’s name, but he didn’t really have a message from Him. And so you don’t need to be afraid of what the prophet said.