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.

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Bible References

Despised

Luke 16:14
All this was said within hearing of the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, and they began to sneer at Jesus.
Acts 13:41
'Look, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I am doing a deed in your days--a deed which, though told you in full, you will never believe'."
1 Thessalonians 4:8
Therefore he who disregards this warning disregards, not man, but God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

Misused

Matthew 5:12
Be glad and rejoice, because your reward in Heaven will be great; for so men persecuted the Prophets who lived before you.
Matthew 21:33
Listen to another parable. A man, who was an employer, once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.
Acts 7:52
Which of the Prophets escaped persecution at their hands? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One; of whom you, in your turn, have now become the betrayers and murderers--

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Matthew 21:35
But the tenants seized his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Luke 3:20
Crowned them all by shutting John up in prison.