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 out to you and you refused to respond I appealed, but no one paid attention
Luke 16:14
Now the Pharisees, who love money, had been listening to all this and began to ridicule Jesus.
Acts 13:41
"Look, you mockers! Be amazed and die! Since I am performing an action in your days, one that you would not believe even if someone told you!'"
1 Thessalonians 4:8
Therefore, whoever rejects this instruction is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

Misused

Jeremiah 32:3
where Zedekiah had confined him. Zedekiah had said, "Why did you prophesy and say these things? You said, "This is what the LORD says: "I'm about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
Jeremiah 38:6
So they threw Jeremiah into a cistern that belonged to the king's son Malchijah and was located in the courtyard of the guard. When they let Jeremiah down with ropes, because there was no water in the cistern only mud Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be extremely glad, because your reward in heaven is great! That's how they persecuted the prophets who came before you."
Matthew 21:33
"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your ancestors fail to persecute? They killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.

The wrath

Psalm 74:1
Why, God? Have you rejected us forever? Your anger is burning against the sheep of your pasture.
Psalm 79:1
God, nations have invaded your land to desecrate your holy Temple, to destroy Jerusalem,

Till

Proverbs 6:15
Therefore, disaster will overtake him suddenly. He will be broken in an instant, and he will never recover.
Proverbs 29:1
After many rebukes, the stiff-necked man will be broken incurably, without any warning.

General references

2 Chronicles 33:10
The LORD kept on speaking to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention to him,
Proverbs 9:7
Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult, and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained.
Isaiah 5:4
What more could I do in my vineyard, that I haven't already done? When I expected it to produce good grapes, why did it yield wild ones?
Jeremiah 30:12
"For this is what the LORD says: "Your injury won't heal; your wound is severe.
Ezekiel 22:24
"Son of Man, tell her, "You're a land that hasn't been purified, one that hasn't been rained on in the day of indignation.
Matthew 21:35
But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones.
Luke 3:20
Added to all this, Herod locked John up in prison.

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