87 occurrences

'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.

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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.

Verse ConceptsMany Seeking SalvationNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsNot Knowing About ChristChrist Telling The TruthUnhearingLooking At God's Works

And they said, Some'say John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

Verse ConceptsUnnamed Prophets Of The LordWho He Might Beothers

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,

Verse ConceptsProphets KilledHypocrisy

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.

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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:

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But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even as one of the prophets.

Verse ConceptsJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be

And they told him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

Verse ConceptsJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be

(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),

Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodGod Speaking Of OldGod Spoke By 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.

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and by some, that Elijah had appeared; and by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.

Verse ConceptsJesus The Prophet

And they answering said, John the Baptist; but others'say , Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.

Verse ConceptsJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be

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.

Verse ConceptsNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsNature Of KingsUnhearing

Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Verse ConceptsBuild, Literally

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and'some of them they shall kill and persecute;

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that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

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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.

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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!

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But Abraham saith, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

Verse ConceptsTaking The Law To HeartWritten In The Prophets

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Verse ConceptsFindingApostles, DescriptionMoses, Significance OfSonsFinding PeopleChrist And The ScripturesWritten In The ProphetsWritten In The Law

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.

Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofLearning From GodComing To ChristHearing God's WordGod TeachingThe FatherWritten In The ProphetsThe Father's Activity Regarding Christ

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.

Verse ConceptsTasteLife By God's WordNot DyingAccused Of Being DemonisedDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsKeeping Christ's Commands

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?

Verse ConceptsGreatness Of ChristWho Is Jesus?Death Of Unnamed Individuals

Yea and all the prophets from Samuel and them that followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.

Verse ConceptsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

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?

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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;

Verse ConceptsMartyrdom, Examples OfPredictionsPrejudiceProphets, Lives OfRejection Of GodNames And Titles For ChristDenunciationsHanding Over ChristKilling ProphetsPredicting ChristProphets SufferingChrist Was KilledRighteousness Of Christ

Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

Verse ConceptsVisitingAnonymity

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.

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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.

Verse ConceptsReadingLiteracySynagogueReading The ScripturesExhort OthersStudying The LawUse Of The ScripturesWritten In The ProphetsEncouragementMotivationReading The Bibleencouraginguplifting

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 .

Verse ConceptsIgnorance, Of ChristRulersNot Knowing About ChristReading The ScripturesCondemning JesusOn The SabbathScriptures FulfilledWritten In The Prophets

Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken in the prophets:

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstWritten In The Prophets

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;

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King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Object OfBelieving ProphetsWritten In The Prophets

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.

Verse ConceptsExplanationsKingdom Of God, Coming OfMorningDealing With Many PeopleFrom Morning Till EveningChrist And The ScripturesStudying The LawWritten In The Prophets

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

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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:

Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature Ofeternity, nature ofGod, Unity OfKnowing God, Effects OfSecret ThingsObeying The GospelThe Gospel To The NationsWritten In The Prophets

Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?

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who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and pleased not God, and are contrary to all men;

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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:

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Concerning which salvation the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that'should come unto you:

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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:

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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.

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfMysterySeventhGod Spoke By The ProphetsSlaves Of GodRevelation Through ProphetsEnd Of DaysFinishing Strongprophetsevangelizingfulfillment

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.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersMerrinessTwo WitnessesTwo WitnessesIndividual ProphetsRejoicing In EvilUnnamed Prophets Of The LordCelebration

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.

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for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.

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Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath judged your judgment on her.

Verse ConceptsAngels RejoicingInjustice, Hated By GodRejoicing Over JusticeTitles And Names Of Ministers

And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsBabylonMartyrdom Of The SaintsHuman Blood Shed

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.

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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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