13 Bible Verses about Killing Prophets

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Romans 11:3

"Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life."

Matthew 23:35

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Matthew 21:35

And the tenants took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.

Matthew 22:6

And the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.

Mark 12:3-8

And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. Again he sent to them another servant, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. And he sent another, and him they killed; and so with many others, some they beat and some they killed.read more.
He still had one left to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last, saying, 'They will respect my son.' But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' So they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

Matthew 23:30

And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'

Matthew 23:31

Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to all men,

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

Revelation 11:7

When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them.

Revelation 16:6

for they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve it."

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