Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

Bible References

They were

Judges 2:11
The Israelites did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. They worshiped the Baals
Judges 3:6
The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshiped their gods.
Judges 10:6
Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They abandoned Yahweh and did not worship Him.
Psalm 78:56
But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,
for they did not keep His decrees.
Psalm 106:34
They did not destroy the peoples
as the Lord had commanded them
Ezekiel 16:15
“But you were confident in your beauty and acted like a prostitute because of your fame. You lavished your sexual favors on everyone who passed by. Your beauty became his.
Ezekiel 20:21
“But the children rebelled against Me. They did not follow My statutes or carefully keep My ordinances—the person who does them will live by them. They also profaned My Sabbaths. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them and exhausting My anger against them in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 23:4
The older one was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah represents Samaria and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.

Cast thy law

1 Kings 14:9
You behaved more wickedly than all who were before you. In order to provoke Me, you have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and cast images, but you have flung Me behind your back.
Psalm 50:17
You hate instruction
and turn your back on My words.
Ezekiel 33:3
and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows his trumpet to warn the people.

Slew

1 Kings 18:4
and took 100 prophets and hid them, 50 men to a cave, and provided them with food and water when Jezebel slaughtered the Lord’s prophets.
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 24:20
The Spirit of God took control of Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God says, ‘Why are you transgressing the Lord’s commands and you do not prosper? Because you have abandoned the Lord, He has abandoned you.’”
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 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.
Matthew 21:35
But the farmers took his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Matthew 23:34
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.
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.

Wrought

Nehemiah 9:18
Even after they had cast an image of a calf
for themselves and said,
“This is your God who brought you out of Egypt,”
and they had committed terrible blasphemies,
2 Kings 21:11
“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these detestable things—greater evil than the Amorites who preceded him had done—and by means of his idols has also caused Judah to sin,
Ezekiel 22:25
The conspiracy of her prophets within her is like a roaring lion tearing its prey: they devour people, seize wealth and valuables, and multiply the widows within her.

General references

2 Kings 21:10
The Lord spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,
Psalm 78:10
They did not keep God’s covenant
and refused to live by His law.
Isaiah 42:24
Who gave Jacob to the robber,
and Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not the Lord?
Have we not sinned against Him?
They were not willing to walk in His ways,
and they would not listen to His instruction.
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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