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Matthew Chapter 23 Verse 34Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
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2nd Chronicles Chapter 36 Verse 15-16 [15] And Jehovah, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling-place: [16] but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Jeremiah Chapter 7 Verse 25-29 [25] Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: [26] yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers. [27] And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee. [28] And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. [29] Cut off thy hair, [O Jerusalem], and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.
Acts Chapter 7 Verse 52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
1st Thessalonians Chapter 2 Verse 15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;
Matthew Chapter 10 Verse 17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs synagogues they will scourge you;
Matthew Chapter 10 Verse 23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Matthew Chapter 5 Verse 12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.