13 Bible Verses about Killing Prophets

"Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I only am left, and they seek my life."

that upon you may come all the righteous blood which hath been poured out upon the earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel, to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest those who were sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children to me, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not?

And the husbandmen took his servants, one they beat, and another they killed, and a third they stoned.

And the rest seizing his servants, insulted and slew them.

But they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent unto them another servant; and they cut the account short with him, by stoning him, and sent him away shamefully treated. And again he sent another; and him, they slew; and many others, some of whom they beat, and others they killed.read more.
Now he had yet one son, his beloved, and he sent him unto them last, saying, They will reverence my son. But these husbandmen said to each other, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be our own. And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

Wherefore ye bear a testimony to yourselves, that ye are the children of those who killed the prophets.

who both murdered the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and please not God, and are in opposition to all mankind;

O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! thou that killest the prophets, and stonest those who are sent unto thee; how often would I have collected thy children unto me, just as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they killed those who before published the tidings of the coming of that Righteous Person; of whom ye have now been the betrayers and murderers:

And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast which ascendeth out of hell shall make war with them, and shall overcome them, and put them to death.

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.