6 Bible Verses about Prophecy Ignored

We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, and to all the inhabitants of the land as well.

The prophet is considered a fool -- the inspired man is viewed as a madman -- because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.

"As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever?

And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house."

Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house."

(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)