Matthew 23:37

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Matthew 23:37

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling.

Ruth 2:12

May the Lord reward your work, and your wages be full from the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Deuteronomy 32:11-12

“Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
That hovers over its young,
He spread His wings and caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.

2 Chronicles 24:21-22

So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 36:15-16

The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;

Nehemiah 9:26

“But they became disobedient and rebelled against You,
And cast Your law behind their backs
And killed Your prophets who had admonished them
So that they might return to You,
And they committed great blasphemies.

Psalm 17:8

Keep me as the apple of the eye;
Hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Psalm 36:7

How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

Psalm 57:1

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me,
For my soul takes refuge in You;
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge
Until destruction passes by.

Psalm 63:7

For You have been my help,
And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy.

Psalm 81:8-11

“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you;
O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

Psalm 91:4

He will cover you with His pinions,
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

Proverbs 1:24-31

“Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

Isaiah 50:2

“Why was there no man when I came?
When I called, why was there none to answer?
Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water
And die of thirst.

Jeremiah 2:30

“In vain I have struck your sons;
They accepted no chastening.
Your sword has devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 4:14

Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem,
That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked thoughts
Lodge within you?

Jeremiah 6:8

“Be warned, O Jerusalem,
Or I shall be alienated from you,
And make you a desolation,
A land not inhabited.”

Jeremiah 6:16-17

Thus says the Lord,
“Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths,
Where the good way is, and walk in it;
And you will find rest for your souls.
But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Jeremiah 11:7-8

For I solemnly warned your fathers in the day that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, warning persistently, saying, “Listen to My voice.”

Jeremiah 25:3-7

“From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.

Jeremiah 26:23

And they brought Uriah from Egypt and led him to King Jehoiakim, who slew him with a sword and cast his dead body into the burial place of the common people.

Jeremiah 35:15

Also I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them again and again, saying: ‘Turn now every man from his evil way and amend your deeds, and do not go after other gods to worship them. Then you will dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers; but you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.

Jeremiah 42:9-13

and said to them, “Thus says the Lord the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition before Him:

Jeremiah 44:4

Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”

Hosea 11:2

The more they called them,
The more they went from them;
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
And burning incense to idols.

Hosea 11:7

So My people are bent on turning from Me.
Though they call them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.

Zechariah 1:4

“Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or give heed to Me,” declares the Lord.

Matthew 21:35-36

The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.

Matthew 22:3

And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.

Matthew 22:6

and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.

Matthew 23:30

and say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Mark 12:3-6

They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Luke 13:34-35

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!

Luke 14:17-20

and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’

Luke 15:28

But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him.

Luke 19:14-44

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

Luke 20:11-14

And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed.

Acts 7:51-52

“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all men,

Revelation 11:7-8

When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Matthew 23:37

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!

Jerusalem

How

General references

2 Kings 21:10

Proverbs 25:26

Isaiah 5:4

Bible References

Jerusalem

Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem,
That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked thoughts
Lodge within you?

“Be warned, O Jerusalem,
Or

I shall be alienated from you,

And make you a desolation,
A land not inhabited.”

And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.

How

The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;

“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you;
O Israel, if you would listen to Me!

For I solemnly warned your fathers in the day that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day,

warning persistently, saying, “Listen to My voice.”

“From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years the word of the Lord has come to me, and I have spoken to you

again and again, but you have not listened.

and said to them, “Thus says the Lord the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition before Him:

Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, “Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”

General references

Now the Lord spoke through His servants the prophets, saying,

Like a trampled spring and a polluted well
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

“What more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it?
Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce worthless ones?