9 Bible Verses about Prophets Killed

So you witness that you approve of the deeds of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

Nevertheless I must journey today and tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

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.'

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

"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 chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

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

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

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