James 5:10
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10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take (A)the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
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Hebrews 11:32-38
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32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of (A)Gideon, (B)Barak, (C)Samson, (D)Jephthah, of (E)David and (F)Samuel and the prophets— 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, (G)stopped the mouths of lions, 34 (H)quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, (I)became mighty in war, (J)put foreign armies to flight. 35 (K)Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. 36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even (L)chains and imprisonment. 37 (M)They were stoned, they were sawn in two,[a] (N)they were killed with the sword. (O)They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy—(P)wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
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- Hebrews 11:37 Some manuscripts add they were tempted
Matthew 5:11-12
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11 (A)“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely (B)on my account. 12 (C)Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for (D)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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Acts 7:52
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52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of (B)the Righteous One, (C)whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
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Acts 3:21
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21 (A)whom heaven must receive until the time for (B)restoring all the things about which (C)God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
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Hebrews 13:7
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7 Remember (A)your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and (B)imitate their faith.
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1 Thessalonians 2:14-15
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14 For you, brothers, (A)became imitators of (B)the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For (C)you suffered the same things from your own countrymen (D)as they did from the Jews,[a] 15 (E)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (F)the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and (G)oppose all mankind
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:14 The Greek word Ioudaioi can refer to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time
Luke 6:23
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23 (A)Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for (B)so their fathers did to the prophets.
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Matthew 23:34-37
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34 (A)Therefore (B)I send you (C)prophets and wise men and (D)scribes, (E)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and (F)some you will (G)flog in your synagogues and (H)persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all (I)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous (J)Abel to the blood of (K)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[a] whom you murdered between (L)the sanctuary and (M)the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, (N)all these things will come upon this generation.
Lament over Jerusalem
37 (O)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that (P)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have (Q)gathered (R)your children together (S)as a hen gathers her brood (T)under her wings, and (U)you were not willing!
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- Matthew 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah
Matthew 21:34-39
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34 When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants[a] to the tenants (A)to get his fruit. 35 (B)And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and (C)stoned another. 36 (D)Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. 37 Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, (E)‘This is the heir. Come, (F)let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ 39 And they took him and (G)threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
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- Matthew 21:34 Or bondservants; also verses 35, 36
Jeremiah 26:16
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Jeremiah Spared from Death
16 (A)Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, (B)“This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.”
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Jeremiah 23:22
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22 (A)But if they had stood in my council,
then they would have proclaimed my words to my people,
(B)and they would have turned them from their evil way,
and (C)from the evil of their deeds.
Jeremiah 2:30
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30 In vain have I (A)struck your children;
they took no correction;
(B)your own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.
Isaiah 39:8
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8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, (A)“There will be peace and security in my days.”
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2 Chronicles 36:16
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16 (A)But they kept mocking the messengers of God, (B)despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, (C)until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.
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