8 Bible Verses about Prophets Killed

"So you are witnesses, and you consent to the actions of your ancestors. for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

"Yet I must continue my journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it would never do for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem!

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You rebuild the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the righteous, and say,

"'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been their comrades in the murder of the prophets.'

"So you bear witness against yourselves, that you are the descendants of those who slew the prophets!

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have overthrown thine altars; And now I alone am left, and they seek my life.

For men poured out the blood of thy saints and prophets, And thou hast given them blood to drink. And this they deserved."