150 Powerful Bible Verses About Prophets KJV

In this post, we will be sharing with you some powerful bible verses about prophets in the Bible. When God gives prophets, God gives prophets for a purpose. These scriptures give us insight into the prophets of the bible and show us how their presence strengthened the Christian community.

These verses about prophets in the Bible also encourage Christians to be grateful for all that God has done for them, to follow His commands and do what is right. We hope that you will find these bible verses useful as well as enjoyable to read!

See also: Bible Verses About Doing The Right Thing KJV

Bible Verses About Prophets in the Bible

2 Kings 1:12 (KJV)

And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

1 Kings 17:24 (KJV)

And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

Amos 3:7 (KJV)

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.

Matthew 13:57 (KJV)

And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

Amos 7:14-15 (KJV)

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

Exodus 4:12 (KJV)

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

1 Samuel 3:7 (KJV)

Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.

Jeremiah 23:9 (KJV)

Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.

Ezekiel 3:24 (KJV)

Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.

Revelation 2:7 (KJV)

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Acts 21:4 (KJV)

And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

John 1:6 (KJV)

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

Jeremiah 20:6 (KJV)

And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.

1 Samuel 9:19 (KJV)

And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.

1 Kings 13:18 (KJV)

He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

Numbers 22:18 (KJV)

And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

Isaiah 6:1 (KJV)

In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

Numbers 23:20 (KJV)

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

2 Kings 17:13 (KJV)

Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.

Jeremiah 29:32 (KJV)

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.

2 Kings 5:8 (KJV)

And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

Ezekiel 11:24 (KJV)

Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

Exodus 24:16 (KJV)

And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

1 Kings 14:5 (KJV)

And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.

Nehemiah 6:14 (KJV)

My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

Numbers 11:25 (KJV)

And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.

Hosea 12:10 (KJV)

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

2 Kings 4:1 (KJV)

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

Lamentations 2:14 (KJV)

Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

Acts 8:39 (KJV)

And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

Exodus 35:31 (KJV)

And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;

Numbers 11:17 (KJV)

And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

John 19:37 (KJV)

And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.

Ezekiel 3:22 (KJV)

And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.

Zechariah 13:3 (KJV)

And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

Luke 3:2 (KJV)

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

1 Chronicles 28:19 (KJV)

All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.

1 Corinthians 14:32 (KJV)

And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

Joel 2:28-29 (KJV)

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

Exodus 25:22 (KJV)

And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

1 Samuel 3:1 (KJV)

And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

Matthew 2:5-6 (KJV)

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

Hebrews 2:2 (KJV)

For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

1 Samuel 16:13 (KJV)

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

Amos 2:12 (KJV)

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

Habakkuk 3:2 (KJV)

O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

2 Chronicles 12:15 (KJV)

Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.

1 Kings 17:1 (KJV)

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

Judges 6:34 (KJV)

But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.

Numbers 22:38 (KJV)

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

2 Samuel 15:27 (KJV)

The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

Psalms 103:7 (KJV)

He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

Galatians 3:19 (KJV)

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

2 Kings 5:16 (KJV)

But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

Numbers 23:5 (KJV)

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

1 Kings 18:36 (KJV)

And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

2 Chronicles 33:18 (KJV)

Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

Job 32:8 (KJV)

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Mark 12:36 (KJV)

For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Ezekiel 11:1 (KJV)

Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

2 Kings 4:42 (KJV)

And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

Ezekiel 1:20 (KJV)

Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

Matthew 11:10 (KJV)

For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

1 Samuel 19:20 (KJV)

And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

Revelation 16:6 (KJV)

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Ezekiel 33:22 (KJV)

Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

Ezekiel 43:5 (KJV)

So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.

Jeremiah 2:30 (KJV)

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

Daniel 9:10 (KJV)

Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.

2 Kings 10:10 (KJV)

Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

Acts 7:53 (KJV)

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

Amos 7:7 (KJV)

Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.

Mark 14:27 (KJV)

And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

2 Peter 1:21 (KJV)

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Zechariah 2:9 (KJV)

For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.

2 Kings 3:15 (KJV)

But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

Daniel 9:22 (KJV)

And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.

Ezekiel 8:1 (KJV)

And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.

2 Chronicles 26:5 (KJV)

And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

Mark 14:50 (KJV)

And they all forsook him, and fled.

Daniel 8:16 (KJV)

And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.

Exodus 19:19 (KJV)

And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

2 Kings 4:27 (KJV)

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

Ezekiel 3:27 (KJV)

But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.

Acts 8:29 (KJV)

Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

Daniel 2:19 (KJV)

Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

John 12:14-15 (KJV)

And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

Ezekiel 3:14 (KJV)

So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.

Matthew 26:56 (KJV)

But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

1 Kings 18:46 (KJV)

And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Ezekiel 1:3 (KJV)

The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

James 5:10 (KJV)

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

1 Samuel 10:10 (KJV)

And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

Exodus 4:27 (KJV)

And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him.

Amos 9:1 (KJV)

I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

1 Chronicles 9:22 (KJV)

All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

Daniel 9:6 (KJV)

Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

Haggai 1:13 (KJV)

Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

Habakkuk 3:16 (KJV)

When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

Jeremiah 11:18 (KJV)

And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.

2 Chronicles 36:12 (KJV)

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.

1 Kings 14:3 (KJV)

And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.

Genesis 40:8 (KJV)

And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

Hebrews 11:37 (KJV)

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

Numbers 9:8 (KJV)

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

Exodus 6:29 (KJV)

That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

Revelation 10:7 (KJV)

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

Revelation 14:13 (KJV)

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Acts 3:18 (KJV)

But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

1 Kings 22:28 (KJV)

And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.

Deuteronomy 5:31 (KJV)

But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

Zechariah 7:12 (KJV)

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

Daniel 7:16 (KJV)

I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

Daniel 1:17 (KJV)

As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

1 Peter 1:10-11 (KJV)

Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

Exodus 33:9 (KJV)

And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.

Jonah 3:1-2 (KJV)

And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

Joshua 3:7 (KJV)

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

Zechariah 1:9 (KJV)

Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.

Luke 7:27 (KJV)

This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Jeremiah 42:7 (KJV)

And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.

John 4:44 (KJV)

For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

Nehemiah 6:12 (KJV)

And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Mark 1:2 (KJV)

As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Judges 13:25 (KJV)

And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Revelation 22:6 (KJV)

And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

Genesis 41:16 (KJV)

And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

Hebrews 3:5 (KJV)

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

2 Chronicles 36:16 (KJV)

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

2 Chronicles 20:14 (KJV)

Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;

Mark 12:5 (KJV)

And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

2 Chronicles 29:30 (KJV)

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

Numbers 7:89 (KJV)

And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spake unto him.

Zechariah 1:19 (KJV)

And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 1:1-2 (KJV)

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

Acts 11:28 (KJV)

And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

Exodus 4:15 (KJV)

And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

Matthew 21:4-5 (KJV)

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

Jeremiah 42:4 (KJV)

Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

Hosea 1:1 (KJV)

The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Exodus 19:9 (KJV)

And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.

Nehemiah 9:30 (KJV)

Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Jeremiah 20:9 (KJV)

Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.

1 Kings 20:35 (KJV)

And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

Matthew 26:31 (KJV)

Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

Ezekiel 1:1 (KJV)

Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 40:1 (KJV)

In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.

Hebrews 12:26 (KJV)

Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

2 Kings 4:38 (KJV)

And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

Ezekiel 3:16-17 (KJV)

And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

Daniel 9:2 (KJV)

In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

Deuteronomy 18:20 (KJV)

But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

2 Kings 5:5 (KJV)

And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

Exodus 19:3 (KJV)

And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;

Exodus 6:13 (KJV)

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 19:23 (KJV)

And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

2 Chronicles 18:5 (KJV)

Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.

2 Kings 6:17 (KJV)

And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

1 Kings 22:14 (KJV)

And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.

What Are The Characteristics Of A Prophet?

• A prophet has to be called by God.
• A prophet must be able to receive revelation from God.
• A prophet must be able to preach the Word of God and His laws and commandments given through revelation.
• A prophet's words should bear witness in the scriptures already revealed by God. There should be no contradictions between what he says and what is written in the Bible.
• A prophet should possess all the character and personality traits of a righteous man as written in the scriptures, e.g., Moses was compassionate, Aaron was humble, David was patient, Jesus Christ was loving.

We hope that you have been blessed by our collection powerful bible verses about prophets in the Bible.

See also: Bible Verses About Meekness KJV