Deuteronomy 18:21
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And if in silent thought thou answer: How shall I know the word that the Lord hath not spoken?

1 Thessalonians 5:24 He is faithful who hath called you, who also will do it.

1 John 4:1-3 Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. . . .

Revelation 2:2 I know thy works and thy labour and thy patience and how thou canst not bear them that are evil. And thou hast tried them who say they are apostles and are not: and hast found them liars:

Context
A New Prophet
20But the prophet, who being corrupted with pride, shall speak in my name things that I did not command him to say, or in the name of strange gods, shall be slain. 21And if in silent thought thou answer: How shall I know the word that the Lord hath not spoken?22Thou shalt have this sign: Whatsoever that same prophet foretelleth in the name of the Lord, and it cometh not to pass: that thing the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath forged it by the pride of his mind: and therefore thou shalt not fear him.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:20
But the prophet, who being corrupted with pride, shall speak in my name things that I did not command him to say, or in the name of strange gods, shall be slain.

Deuteronomy 18:22
Thou shalt have this sign: Whatsoever that same prophet foretelleth in the name of the Lord, and it cometh not to pass: that thing the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath forged it by the pride of his mind: and therefore thou shalt not fear him.

Lexicon
You may ask
תֹאמַ֖ר (ṯō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

in your heart,
בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ (bil·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

“How
אֵיכָה֙ (’ê·ḵāh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 349: How?, how!, where

can we recognize
נֵדַ֣ע (nê·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

a message
הַדָּבָ֔ר (had·dā·ḇār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

that
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the LORD
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

has not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

spoken?”
דִבְּר֖וֹ (ḏib·bə·rōw)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue


Additional Translations
You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?

And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken?

But if thou shalt say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?

And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word that Jehovah hath not spoken?

And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

And if thou shalt say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

If you say in your heart, "How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?"

'And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? --
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