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
And the Pharisees, who are avaricious, heard all these things, and derided him.
Acts 13:41
Behold, despisers, and wonder and perish, for I perform a work in your days, a work which you shall by no means believe even if one declares it to you.
1 Thessalonians 4:8
He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who also gives us his Holy Spirit.
Misused
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.
Matthew 21:33
Hear another parable: There was a man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge around it, and dug a wine vat in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you now have become betrayers and murderers,
General references
Matthew 21:35
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Luke 3:20
added also this to all, and shut up John in prison.