Lamentations 4:13
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13 This was for (A)the sins of her prophets
and (B)the iniquities of her priests,
who shed in the midst of her
the blood of the righteous.
Jeremiah 5:31
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31 (A)the prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
(B)my people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?
Jeremiah 6:13
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13 (A)“For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone (B)is greedy for unjust gain;
and from (C)prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Matthew 23:31
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31 Thus you witness against yourselves that you are (A)sons of those who murdered the prophets.
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Ezekiel 22:26-28
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26 (A)Her priests (B)have done violence to my law and (C)have profaned my holy things. (D)They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and (E)they have disregarded my Sabbaths, (F)so that I am profaned among them. 27 (G)Her princes in her midst are like wolves (H)tearing the prey, (I)shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain. 28 And (J)her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, (K)seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.
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Jeremiah 26:8-9
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8 And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then (A)the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, “You shall die! 9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, ‘This house shall be (B)like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, (C)without inhabitant’?” And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
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1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
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15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (B)the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and (C)oppose all mankind 16 (D)by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved—so as always (E)to fill up the measure of their sins. But (F)wrath has come upon them at last![a]
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Or completely, or forever
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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Luke 11:47-51
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47 (A)Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. 48 (B)So you are witnesses and you (C)consent to the deeds of (D)your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore also (E)the Wisdom of God said, (F)‘I will send them (G)prophets and apostles, (H)some of whom they will (I)kill and persecute,’ 50 so that (J)the blood of all the prophets, shed (K)from the foundation of the world, may be (L)charged against this generation, 51 from the blood of (M)Abel to the blood of (N)Zechariah, who perished between (O)the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be (P)required of this generation.
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Matthew 23:33-37
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33 You serpents, (A)you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to (B)hell? 34 (C)Therefore (D)I send you (E)prophets and wise men and (F)scribes, (G)some of whom you will kill and crucify, and (H)some you will (I)flog in your synagogues and (J)persecute from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all (K)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous (L)Abel to the blood of (M)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[a] whom you murdered between (N)the sanctuary and (O)the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, (P)all these things will come upon this generation.
Lament over Jerusalem
37 (Q)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that (R)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have (S)gathered (T)your children together (U)as a hen gathers her brood (V)under her wings, and (W)you were not willing!
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- Matthew 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah
Micah 3:11-12
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11 (A)Its heads give judgment for a bribe;
(B)its priests teach for a price;
(C)its prophets practice divination for money;
(D)yet they lean on the Lord and (E)say,
“Is not the Lord in the midst of us?
(F)No disaster shall come upon us.”
12 Therefore because of you
(G)Zion shall be plowed as a field;
Jerusalem (H)shall become a heap of ruins,
and (I)the mountain of the house (J)a wooded height.
Jeremiah 23:11-21
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11 (A)“Both prophet and priest are ungodly;
even (B)in my house I have found their evil,
declares the Lord.
12 (C)Therefore their way shall be to them
like slippery paths (D)in the darkness,
into which they shall be driven and fall,
for I will bring disaster upon them
(E)in the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.
13 In the prophets of (F)Samaria
(G)I saw an unsavory thing:
(H)they prophesied by Baal
(I)and led my people Israel astray.
14 But in the prophets of Jerusalem
I have seen a horrible thing:
(J)they commit adultery and walk in lies;
(K)they strengthen the hands of evildoers,
so that no one turns from his evil;
(L)all of them have become like Sodom to me,
(M)and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.”
15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets:
(N)“Behold, I will feed them with bitter food
(O)and give them (P)poisoned water to drink,
for from the prophets of Jerusalem
ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”
16 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, (Q)filling you with vain hopes. (R)They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord. 17 They say continually to those who despise the word of the Lord, (S)‘It shall be well with you’; and to everyone who (T)stubbornly follows his own heart, they say, (U)‘No disaster shall come upon you.’”
18 For (V)who among them has stood in the council of the Lord
to see and to hear his word,
or who has paid attention to his word and listened?
19 (W)Behold, the storm of the Lord!
Wrath has gone forth,
(X)a whirling tempest;
it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
20 (Y)The anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he has executed and (Z)accomplished
the intents of his heart.
(AA)In the latter days you will understand it clearly.
21 (AB)“I did not send the prophets,
yet they ran;
I did not speak to them,
yet they prophesied.
Jeremiah 14:14
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14 And the Lord said to me: “The (A)prophets are prophesying lies in my name. (B)I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, (C)worthless divination, and (D)the deceit of their own minds.
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Jeremiah 2:20
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20 “For long ago I (A)broke your yoke
and burst your bonds;
but you said, (B)‘I will not serve.’
Yes, (C)on every high hill
and under every green tree
you bowed down (D)like a whore.
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