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.
Despised
Misused
General references
Bible References
Despised
Luke 16:14
Now the Pharisees who loved money listened to all this and they jeered at him.
Acts 13:41
"Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, For in your days I will do a deed, A deed which you will never believe, Though one should declare it unto you."
1 Thessalonians 4:8
So that he who rejects this is not rejecting man, but the God who gave you his Holy Spirit.
Misused
Matthew 5:12
"Rejoice and exult in it, because your reward was great in the heavens; for so did they persecute the prophets before you.
Matthew 21:33
"Listen to another parable: "A man who was a householder planted a vineyard, fenced it about, dug a wine vat in it, built a tower, then rented it to vine-dressers and went abroad.
Acts 7:52
"Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become??53 "you who received the law, given through angels, and obeyed it not."
General references
Matthew 21:35
And the vine-dressers seized his slaves, flogged one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Luke 3:20
added yet this above them all that he shut up John in prison.