11 “‘YOU people must not steal,+ and YOU must not deceive,+ and YOU must not deal falsely anyone with his associate.+

20 “‘However, the prophet who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not commanded him to speak+ or who speaks in the name of other gods,+ that prophet must die.+

31 “Send to all the exiled people,+ saying, ‘This is what Jehovah has said concerning She·maiʹah of Ne·helʹam: “For the reason that She·maiʹah has prophesied to YOU people, but I myself did not send him, and he tried to make YOU trust in falsehood,+

9 And my hand has come to be against the prophets that are visioning untruth and that are divining a lie.+ In the intimate+ group of my people they will not continue on, and in the register* of the house of Israel they will not be written,+ and to the soil of Israel they will not come;+ and YOU people* will have to know that I am the Sovereign Lord Jehovah,+

15 “Be on the watch for the false prophets+ that come to YOU in sheep’s covering,+ but inside they are ravenous wolves.+

2 However, there also came to be false prophets among the people, as there will also be false teachers among YOU.+ These very ones will quietly bring in destructive sects* and will disown even the owner that bought them,+ bringing speedy destruction upon themselves.

4 Beloved ones, do not believe every inspired expression,*+ but test the inspired expressions* to see whether they originate with God,+ because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.+