Bible Verses About Prophesying
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for prophesying, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 739 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 14:1-40. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Prophesying
1 Corinthians 14:1-40111 votes
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
1 John 4:185 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1 Thessalonians 5:2060 votes
Despise not prophesyings.
Joel 2:2858 votes
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:
Matthew 7:21-2346 votes
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
1 Corinthians 13:837 votes
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
Ezekiel 37:435 votes
Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
Luke 3:1629 votes
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Jeremiah 1:527 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
1 Corinthians 14:327 votes
But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
1 Corinthians 14:3327 votes
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Isaiah 9:623 votes
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Acts 2:1-4723 votes
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Numbers 11:25-2721 votes
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.
Romans 12:621 votes
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
1 John 1:921 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Amos 3:718 votes
Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
2 Peter 1:1918 votes
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Ephesians 4:7-1115 votes
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Proverbs 23:3314 votes
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
1 Samuel 19:2013 votes
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.
Matthew 24:3610 votes
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
What does the Bible say about prophesying?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 14:1-40 on the subject of prophesying. Across 739 votes, 22 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 John 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:20, Joel 2:28. This page lists all 22 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.