Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the pro
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their fait
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteou
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own
Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in
But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will b
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD aga
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voraciou
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your chil
When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.
Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others
But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their ev