Luke 11:49
That is why the Wisdom of God said--"I will send to them Prophets and Apostles,
1 Corinthians 1:30
But you, by your union with Christ Jesus, belong to God; and Christ, by God's will, became not only our Wisdom, but also our Righteousness, Holiness, and Deliverance,
Colossians 2:3
Even Christ himself, in whom all treasures of wisdom and knowledge lie hidden.
1 Corinthians 1:24
But to those who have received the Call, whether Jews or Greeks, Christ, the Power of God and the Wisdom of God!
Matthew 22:6
While the rest, seizing his servants, ill-treated them and killed them.
Matthew 23:34-36
That is why I send you Prophets, wise men, and Teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from town to town;
Luke 21:16-17
You will be betrayed even by your parents and brothers and relations and friends, and they will cause some of you to be put to death,
Luke 24:47
And that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed on his authority to all the nations--beginning at Jerusalem.
John 16:2
They will expel you from their Synagogues; indeed the time is coming when any one who kills you will think that he is making an offering to God.
Acts 1:8
But you shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit shall have descended upon you, and shall be witnesses for me not only in Jerusalem, but throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 7:57-1
At this, with a loud shout, they stopped their ears and all rushed upon him, forced him outside the city,
Acts 8:3
But Saul began to devastate the Church; he entered house after house, dragged out men and women alike, and threw them into prison.
Acts 9:1-2
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the High Priest,
Acts 12:1-2
It was at that time that King Herod began to ill-treat some of the members of the Church.
Acts 22:4-5
In my persecution of this Cause I did not stop even at the taking of life. I put in chains, and imprisoned, men and women alike--
Acts 22:20
And, when the blood of your martyr, Stephen, was being shed, I was myself standing by, approving of his death, and took charge of the clothes of those who were murdering him.
Acts 26:10-11
And I actually did so at Jerusalem. Acting on the authority of the Chief Priests, I myself threw many of the People of Christ into prison, and, when it was proposed to put them to death, I gave my vote for it.
2 Corinthians 11:24-25
Five times I received at the hands of the Jews forty lashes, all but one.
Ephesians 4:11
And he it is who gave to the Church Apostles, Prophets, Missionaries, Pastors, and Teachers,