Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

Bible References

Despised

Proverbs 1:24
“Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;
Luke 16:14
Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.
Acts 13:41
Behold, you scoffers, and marvel, and perish;
For I am accomplishing a work in your days,
A work which you will never believe, though someone should describe it to you.’”
1 Thessalonians 4:8
So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.

Misused

Jeremiah 32:3
because Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you prophesy, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;
Jeremiah 38:6
Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Matthew 21:33
“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.
Acts 7:52
Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become;

The wrath

Psalm 74:1
A Maskil of Asaph.
O God, why have You rejected us forever?
Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?
Psalm 79:1
A Psalm of Asaph.
O God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance;
They have defiled Your holy temple;
They have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

Till

Proverbs 6:15
Therefore his calamity will come suddenly;
Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.
Proverbs 29:1
A man who hardens his neck after much reproof
Will suddenly be broken beyond remedy.

General references

2 Chronicles 33:10
The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention.
Proverbs 9:7
He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself.
Isaiah 5:4
What more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it?
Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce worthless ones?
Jeremiah 30:12
“For thus says the Lord,
‘Your wound is incurable
And your injury is serious.
Ezekiel 22:24
“Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’
Matthew 21:35
The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.
Luke 3:20
Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.