13 Bible Verses about Killing Prophets

"Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking my life."

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew, between the temple and the altar.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

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

And the rest seized his servants, and illtreated and slew them.

And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away emptyhanded. And again he sent to them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and treated shamefully. And he sent another; and him they killed; and many others, beating some, and killing some.read more.
Still he had one beloved son; he sent him last to them, saying, They will respect my son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. 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.

So that ye bear witness against yourselves, that ye are the sons of those who killed the prophets.

who both killed the Lord Jesus, and the prophets, and drove us out, and please not God, and set themselves against all men,

Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers;

And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that cometh up out of the abyss will make war against them, and will overcome them, and kill them.

for they shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they deserve it.