Jeremiah 2:30

I have punished your children without results. They did not respond to correction. You killed my prophets like a raging lion.

Nehemiah 9:26

But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority. They turned their backs on your law, and murdered your prophets. These prophets gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you. They did much to make you angry.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

They killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They did not please God and are contrary to all men.

Isaiah 1:5

Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is sick.

Jeremiah 5:3

Jehovah looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention. He crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? They killed those who announced in advance the coming of the righteous one whom you have betrayed and murdered.

Isaiah 9:13

The people did not turn back to him who struck them, or seek Jehovah of Hosts.

Jeremiah 7:28

You will say to them: 'This is the nation that did not obey the voice of Jehovah their God or accept correction. Truth has perished and truth has been removed from their mouth.

Jeremiah 26:20-24

There was another man prophesying in the name of Jehovah. His name was Uriah, son of Shemaiah, from Kiriath Jearim. He prophesied against this city and this land as Jeremiah did.

1 Kings 19:10

He said: I have been zealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts. The children of Israel have not kept your agreement (covenant). They have destroyed your altars. They killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I, am the only one living. Now they seek to take my life too.

1 Kings 19:14

He replied: I have been very zealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts. The children of Israel have not kept your agreement. They have torn down your altars. They killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I, am the only one living. Now they seek to take my life.

2 Chronicles 24:21

They plotted against Zechariah. Then they followed the king's order and stoned him to death in the courtyard of Jehovah's Temple.

2 Chronicles 28:22

When he had this trouble, King Ahaz became more unfaithful to Jehovah!

2 Chronicles 36:16

They mocked God's messengers. They despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until Jehovah became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them.

Jeremiah 6:29-30

The bellows blow fiercely and the fire consumes the lead. The refining goes on in vain, but the wicked are not separated.

Jeremiah 31:18

I hear the people of Israel say in grief, 'Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God.

Ezekiel 24:13

In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, yet you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again until I have spent my anger on you.

Zephaniah 3:2

She did not obey the voice of Jehovah. She would not accept correction (discipline). She did not trust Jehovah and draw close to her God.

Matthew 21:35-36

The workmen attacked his servants, striking one with a stone and killing the other.

Matthew 23:29

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

Matthew 23:34-37

Look! I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will torture and kill. Others you will torment and persecute from city to city.

Mark 12:2-8

During the season he sent a servant to the field workers that he might receive the fruits of the vineyard.

Luke 11:47-51

Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Luke 13:33-34

I must go on my way today, tomorrow and the following day. It would not be right that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.

Revelation 9:20-21

The rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshipping demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk.

Revelation 16:9

Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

In vain

Jeremiah 5:3
Jehovah looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention. He crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.
Jeremiah 6:29
The bellows blow fiercely and the fire consumes the lead. The refining goes on in vain, but the wicked are not separated.
Jeremiah 7:28
You will say to them: 'This is the nation that did not obey the voice of Jehovah their God or accept correction. Truth has perished and truth has been removed from their mouth.
Jeremiah 31:18
I hear the people of Israel say in grief, 'Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God.
2 Chronicles 28:22
When he had this trouble, King Ahaz became more unfaithful to Jehovah!
Isaiah 1:5
Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is sick.
Isaiah 9:13
The people did not turn back to him who struck them, or seek Jehovah of Hosts.
Ezekiel 24:13
In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, yet you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again until I have spent my anger on you.
Zephaniah 3:2
She did not obey the voice of Jehovah. She would not accept correction (discipline). She did not trust Jehovah and draw close to her God.
Revelation 9:20
The rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshipping demons, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk.
Revelation 16:9
Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the name of God, who has power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.

Your own sword

Jeremiah 26:20
There was another man prophesying in the name of Jehovah. His name was Uriah, son of Shemaiah, from Kiriath Jearim. He prophesied against this city and this land as Jeremiah did.
1 Kings 19:10
He said: I have been zealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts. The children of Israel have not kept your agreement (covenant). They have destroyed your altars. They killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I, am the only one living. Now they seek to take my life too.
2 Chronicles 24:21
They plotted against Zechariah. Then they followed the king's order and stoned him to death in the courtyard of Jehovah's Temple.
2 Chronicles 36:16
They mocked God's messengers. They despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until Jehovah became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them.
Nehemiah 9:26
But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority. They turned their backs on your law, and murdered your prophets. These prophets gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you. They did much to make you angry.
Matthew 21:35
The workmen attacked his servants, striking one with a stone and killing the other.
Matthew 23:29
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs for the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous.
Mark 12:2
During the season he sent a servant to the field workers that he might receive the fruits of the vineyard.
Luke 11:47
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Luke 13:33
I must go on my way today, tomorrow and the following day. It would not be right that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? They killed those who announced in advance the coming of the righteous one whom you have betrayed and murdered.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
They killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They did not please God and are contrary to all men.

General references

Leviticus 26:23
If this discipline does not help and you still resist,
Isaiah 5:4
What more could have been done for my vineyard than what I have already done for it? When I waited for it to produce good grapes, why did it produce only sour, wild grapes?
Ezekiel 11:6
You have killed many people in this city and have filled its streets with corpses.'
Ezekiel 22:24
Son of man, say to her: 'You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation (outrage) (revulsion).
Matthew 21:35
The workmen attacked his servants, striking one with a stone and killing the other.
Luke 3:20
He added this also to them all. He locked up John in prison.