'Prophets' in the Bible
and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.
All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.
And they said, Some'say John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,
and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.
Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
But all this is come to pass, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even as one of the prophets.
And they told him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.
for there shall arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, the elect.
(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy : for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Woe unto you , when all men shall speak well of you! for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.
and by some, that Elijah had appeared; and by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
And they answering said, John the Baptist; but others'say , Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
for I say unto you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.
Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and'some of them they shall kill and persecute;
that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves cast forth without.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!
The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it.
But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.
And he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets shall be accomplished unto the Son of man.
And he said unto them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me.
The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?
But the things which God foreshowed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of His holy prophets that have been from of old.
Yea and all the prophets from Samuel and them that followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.
Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
To him bear all the prophets witness, that through his name every one that believeth on him shall receive remission of sins.
Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there , prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him .
Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken in the prophets:
And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
But this I confess unto thee, that after the Way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come;
King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
And when they had appointed him a day, they came to him into his lodging in great number; to whom he expounded the matter, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
which he promised afore through his prophets in the holy scriptures,
But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
but now is manifested, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known unto all the nations unto obedience of faith:
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues.
Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
And let the prophets speak by two or three, and let the others discern.
and the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets;
being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone;
which in other generation was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;
And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;
God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets:
Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.
Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that'should come unto you:
But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
that ye should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your apostles:
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished they mystery of God, according to the good tidings which he declared to his servants the prophets.
And they that dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwell on the earth.
And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.
for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her.
And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.
And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angels to show unto his servants the things which must shortly come to pass.
And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them that keep the words of this book: worship God.
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