Instances Of Patience : The Prophets

And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among The prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among The prophets?

And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among The prophets?

And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of The prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among The prophets?

• Jezebel
• King
• Love

For it was so, when Jezebel cut off The prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

• Jezebel
• King
• Martyrdom

Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew The prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

• Persecution
• Religion

Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and The prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and The prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered The prophets together unto mount Carmel.

And Elijah said unto The prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.

• Massacre
• Elijah
• Elijah

And Elijah said unto them, Take The prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all The prophets with the sword.

And a certain man of the sons of The prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.

And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of The prophets.

Then the king of Israel gathered The prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all The prophets prophesied before them.

And all The prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand.

• Flattery

And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of The prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.

And the sons of The prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

And the sons of The prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

And fifty men of the sons of The prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

And when the sons of The prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to The prophets of thy father, and to The prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of The prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of The prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of The prophets.

And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of The prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

And the sons of The prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of The prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:

And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants The prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.

Now therefore call unto me all The prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all The prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants The prophets.

Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants The prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

And the LORD spake by his servants The prophets, saying,

And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and The prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants The prophets.

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all The prophets prophesied before them.

And all The prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of The prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.

Then The prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.

Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were The prophets of God helping them.

Which thou hast commanded by thy servants The prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

• Noadiah
• Prophets
• Noadiah

My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of The prophets, that would have put me in fear.

For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: The prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.

Which say to the seers, See not; and to The prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

• Priest

The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and The prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and The prophets shall wonder.

And The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants The prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:

• Robbed
• Burial

At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of The prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and The prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, The prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

• Sorcery

Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

• Prophets

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning The prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

Mine heart within me is broken because of The prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.

And I have seen folly in The prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

I have seen also in The prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning The prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from The prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of The prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

I have heard what The prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

How long shall this be in the heart of The prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

Therefore, behold, I am against The prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.

Behold, I am against The prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants The prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

To hearken to the words of my servants The prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

So the priests and The prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.

Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and The prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.

• Reproof

Then spake the priests and The prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to The prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.

• Temple

Therefore hearken not unto the words of The prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and The prophets that prophesy unto you.

For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and The prophets that prophesy unto you.

The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

• Priest

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to The prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;

Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants The prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

I have sent also unto you all my servants The prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants The prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

Son of man, prophesy against The prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

And mine hand shall be upon The prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

To wit, The prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants The prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?

Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants The prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants The prophets.

Therefore have I hewed them by The prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

I have also spoken by The prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of The prophets.

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded The prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants The prophets.

Thus saith the LORD concerning The prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

• Sun

Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over The prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and The prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

Your fathers, where are they? and The prophets, do they live for ever?

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants The prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to The prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

• Resumed
• Temple

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of The prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause The prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that The prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. {THE END OF The prophets.}

• Nazarene

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by The prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they The prophets which were before you.

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or The prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and The prophets.

For all The prophets and the law prophesied until John.

And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of The prophets.

On these two commandments hang all the law and The prophets.

• Burial

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

And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of The prophets.

Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed The prophets.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest The prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

• Jesus
• Backsliders
• Cowardice

But all this was done, that the scriptures of The prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

As it is written in The prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of The prophets.

And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of The prophets.

Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto The prophets.

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

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 weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all The prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest The prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

• Gospel

The law and The prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

Abraham saith unto him, 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, though one rose from the dead.

Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by The prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

• Chiding
• Disciples
• Unbelief

Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that The prophets have spoken:

And beginning at Moses and all The prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in The prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and The prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

It is written in The prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

• Slander

Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and The prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and The prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

Yea, and all The prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

Ye are the children of The prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

• Idolatry

Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of The prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

Which of The prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

• Salvation

To him give all The prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

And after the reading of the law and The prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of The prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.

Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in The prophets;

And to this agree the words of The prophets; as it is written,

• Courage
• Way

But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in The prophets:

Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which 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, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of The prophets, from morning till evening.

But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and The prophets;

But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of The prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

Let The prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.

And the spirits of The prophets are subject to The prophets.

God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by The prophets,

• Faith

And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of The prophets:

• Patience

Take, my brethren, The prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

Of which salvation The prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants The prophets.

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants The prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren The prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.