6 Bible Verses about Prophecy Ignored

Further, we have not listened to and heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

The days of punishment have come;
The days of retribution are at hand;
Let Israel know this!
The prophet is [considered] a fool;
The man [of God] who is inspired is [treated as if] demented,
Because of the abundance of your wickedness and guilt,
And because your deep antagonism [toward God and the prophets] is so great.

“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

And they took offense at Him [refusing to believe in Him]. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor (respect) except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.”

For Jesus Himself declared that a prophet has no honor in his own country.