Jeremiah 2:30

I have struck down your children in vain;
they would not accept discipline.
Your own sword has devoured your prophets
like a ravaging lion.

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You.
They flung Your law behind their backs
and killed Your prophets
who warned them
in order to turn them back to You.
They committed terrible blasphemies.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they displease God and are hostile to everyone,

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, don’t Your eyes look for faithfulness?
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.
They made their faces harder than rock,
and they refused to return.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

Isaiah 9:13

The people did not turn to Him who struck them;
they did not seek the Lord of Hosts.

Jeremiah 7:28

You must therefore declare to them: This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the Lord their God and would not accept discipline. Truth has perished—it has disappeared from their mouths.

Jeremiah 26:20-24

Another man was also prophesying in the name of Yahweh—Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like all those of Jeremiah.

1 Kings 19:10

He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Hosts, but the Israelites have abandoned Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are looking for me to take my life.”

1 Kings 19:14

“I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have abandoned Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they’re looking for me to take my life.”

2 Chronicles 24:21

But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 28:22

At the time of his distress, King Ahaz himself became more unfaithful to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.

Jeremiah 6:29-30

The bellows blow,
blasting the lead with fire.
The refining is completely in vain;
the evil ones are not separated out.

Jeremiah 31:18

I have heard Ephraim moaning,
“You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined
like an untrained calf.
Restore me, and I will return,
for you, Lord, are my God.

Ezekiel 24:13

Because of the indecency of your uncleanness—
since I tried to purify you,
but you would not be purified from your uncleanness—
you will not be pure again
until I have satisfied My wrath on you.

Zephaniah 3:2

She has not obeyed;
she has not accepted discipline.
She has not trusted in Yahweh;
she has not drawn near to her God.

Matthew 21:35-36

But the farmers took his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Matthew 23:29

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,

Matthew 23:34-37

This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.

Mark 12:2-8

At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.

Luke 11:47-51

“Woe to you! You build monuments to the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Luke 13:33-34

Yet I must travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem!

Revelation 9:20-21

The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk.

Revelation 16:9

and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

In vain

Jeremiah 5:3
Lord, don’t Your eyes look for faithfulness?
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.
They made their faces harder than rock,
and they refused to return.
Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows blow,
blasting the lead with fire.
The refining is completely in vain;
the evil ones are not separated out.
Jeremiah 7:28
You must therefore declare to them: This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the Lord their God and would not accept discipline. Truth has perished—it has disappeared from their mouths.
Jeremiah 31:18
I have heard Ephraim moaning,
“You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined
like an untrained calf.
Restore me, and I will return,
for you, Lord, are my God.
2 Chronicles 28:22
At the time of his distress, King Ahaz himself became more unfaithful to the Lord.
Isaiah 1:5
Why do you want more beatings?
Why do you keep on rebelling?
The whole head is hurt,
and the whole heart is sick.
Isaiah 9:13
The people did not turn to Him who struck them;
they did not seek the Lord of Hosts.
Ezekiel 24:13
Because of the indecency of your uncleanness—
since I tried to purify you,
but you would not be purified from your uncleanness—
you will not be pure again
until I have satisfied My wrath on you.
Zephaniah 3:2
She has not obeyed;
she has not accepted discipline.
She has not trusted in Yahweh;
she has not drawn near to her God.
Revelation 9:20
The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk.
Revelation 16:9
and people were burned by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who had the power over these plagues, and they did not repent and give Him glory.

Your own sword

Jeremiah 26:20
Another man was also prophesying in the name of Yahweh—Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like all those of Jeremiah.
1 Kings 19:10
He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Hosts, but the Israelites have abandoned Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are looking for me to take my life.”
2 Chronicles 24:21
But they conspired against him and stoned him at the king’s command in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.
Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You.
They flung Your law behind their backs
and killed Your prophets
who warned them
in order to turn them back to You.
They committed terrible blasphemies.
Matthew 21:35
But the farmers took his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Matthew 23:29
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
Mark 12:2
At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers to collect some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers.
Luke 11:47
“Woe to you! You build monuments to the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Luke 13:33
Yet I must travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem!
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us; they displease God and are hostile to everyone,

General references

Leviticus 26:23
“If in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but act with hostility toward Me,
Isaiah 5:4
What more could I have done for My vineyard
than I did?
Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes,
did it yield worthless grapes?
Ezekiel 11:6
You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with the dead.
Ezekiel 22:24
“Son of man, say to her: You are a land that has not been cleansed, that has not received rain in the day of indignation.
Matthew 21:35
But the farmers took his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Luke 3:20
added this to everything else—he locked John up in prison.

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