'Prophets' in the Bible

And he came [and] lived in a town called Nazareth, in order that what was said by the prophets would be fulfilled: "He will be called a Nazarene."

Rejoice and be glad, because your reward [is] great in heaven, for in the [same] way they persecuted the prophets before you.

"Do not think that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets. I have not come to destroy [them] but to fulfill [them].

Therefore [in] all [things], whatever you want that people should do to you, thus also you do to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

"Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside are ravenous wolves.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John,

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous [people] longed to see what you see, and did not see [it], and to hear what you hear, and did not hear [it]!

And they said, {Some} [say] John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."

On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees--hypocrites!--because you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous,

and you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in the blood of the prophets!'

Thus you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets!

For this [reason], behold, I am sending to you prophets and wise men and scribes. [Some] of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and will pursue from town to town,

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen gathers her young together under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

and many false prophets will appear and will deceive many,

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear, and will produce great signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

But all this has happened in order that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled." Then the disciples all abandoned him [and] fled.

But others were saying, "He is Elijah," and others were saying, "[He is] a prophet like one of the prophets."

And they told him, saying, "John the Baptist, and others Elijah, and others that [you are] one of the prophets."

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear, and will produce signs and wonders in order to mislead, if possible, the elect.

just as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times--

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward [is] great in heaven. For their fathers used to do the same [things] to the prophets.

Woe whenever all people speak well of you, for their fathers used to do the same [things] to the false prophets.

And they answered [and] said, "John the Baptist, but others, Elijah, and others, that one of the ancient prophets has risen."

For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see [the things] which you see, and did not see [them], and to hear [the things] which you hear, and did not hear [them]."

Woe to you, because you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them!

For this [reason] also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will kill and persecute,'

so that the blood of all the prophets that has been shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,

In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown outside!

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How many times I wanted to gather your children together {the way} a hen [gathers] her own brood under [her] wings, and you were not willing!

"The law and the prophets [were] until John; from that time [on] the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urgently pressed into it.

But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they must listen to them.'

But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone rises from the dead.'"

And taking aside the twelve, he said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written by the prophets with reference to the Son of Man will be accomplished.

And he said to them, "O foolish and slow in heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures.

And he said to them, "These [are] my words that I spoke to you [while I] was still with you, that everything that is written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found [the one] whom Moses wrote [about] in the law, and the prophets wrote [about]--Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth!"

It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears from the Father and learns comes to me.

The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham and the prophets died, and you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death {forever}.'

You are not greater than our father Abraham who died, [are you]? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself [to be]?"

But [the things] which God foretold through the mouth of all the prophets, [that] his Christ would suffer, he has fulfilled in this way.

whom heaven must receive until the times of the restoration of all [things], about which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from earliest times.

And indeed, all the prophets from Samuel and all those who followed [him] have spoken [about] and proclaimed these days.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'And in your offspring all the nations of the earth will be blessed.'

But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'You did not bring offerings and sacrifices to me [for] forty years in the wilderness, [did you], house of Israel?

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand about the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become,

To this one all the prophets testify, [that] through his name everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins."

Now in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Now there were prophets and teachers in Antioch in the church that was there: Barnabas, and Simeon (who was called Niger), and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

So after the reading from the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent [word] to them, saying, "Men [and] brothers, if there is any message of exhortation by you for the people, say [it]."

For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, [because they] did not recognize this one, and the voices of the prophets that are read on every Sabbath, fulfilled [them] [by] condemning [him].

Watch out, therefore, lest what is stated by the prophets come upon [you]:

And with this the words of the prophets agree, just as it is written:

Both Judas and Silas, who were also prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers by a long message.

But I do confess this to you, that according to the Way (which they call a sect), so I worship the God of our fathers, believing all things [that are] in accordance with the law and that are written in the prophets,

Therefore I have experienced help from God until this day, [and] I stand here testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what both the prophets and Moses have said were going to happen,

Do you believe the prophets, King Agrippa? I know that you believe."

And [when they] had set a day with him, many more came to him at his lodging place, to whom he was explaining from early in the morning until evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and attempting to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.

which he promised previously through his prophets in the holy scriptures,

But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified about by the law and the prophets--

"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life!"

and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

Not all [are] apostles, [are they]? Not all [are] prophets, [are they]? Not all [are] teachers, [are they]? Not all [are workers of] miracles, [are they]?

Let two or three prophets speak, and the others evaluate.

and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

(which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit):

And he himself gave some [as] apostles and some [as] prophets and some [as] evangelists and some [as] pastors and teachers

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and who persecuted us, and [who are] not pleasing to God and [are] opposed to all people,

A certain one of them, [one of] their own prophets, has said, "Cretans [are] always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."

[Although] God spoke long ago in many parts and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets,

And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel and the prophets,

Brothers, take [as an] example of perseverance and endurance the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace meant for you sought and made careful inquiry,

But there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will bring in {destructive heresies}, even denying the Master who bought them, [thus] bringing on themselves swift destruction.

to remember the words proclaimed beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits [to determine] if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

But in the days of the sound of the seventh angel, whenever he is about to blow the trumpet, then the mystery of God is completed, as he announced to his own slaves the prophets."

And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them, and will celebrate and will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who live on the earth.

And the nations were angry, and your wrath has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to give their reward to your slaves the prophets and to the saints and to the ones who fear your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth."

because they have poured out the blood of the saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; they are deserving!"

Rejoice over her, heaven and the saints and the apostles and the prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment on her!"

And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints and all those who had been slaughtered on the earth.

And he said to me, "These words [are] faithful and true, and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his slaves [the things] which must take place in a short time."

And he said to me, "{Do not do that!} I am your fellow slave, and of your brothers the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!"