fSee 1 Sam. 9:9
oSee 1 Sam. 9:9
2 Chronicles 25:16
16But as he was speaking, the king said to him, “Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but said, “I know that aGod has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”Isaiah 29:21
21who by a word make a man out to be an offender,and blay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
and with an empty plea cturn aside him who is in the right.
Isaiah 30:9-11
9 dFor they are a rebellious people,lying children,
children unwilling to hear
the instruction of the Lord;
10 ewho say to fthe seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us what is right;
speak to us gsmooth things,
prophesy illusions,
11leave the way, turn aside from the path,
let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
Amos 5:10
10 hThey hate him who reproves iin the gate,and they jabhor him who speaks the truth.
Amos 7:10-13
Amos Accused
10Then Amaziah kthe priest of Bethel sent to lJeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has mconspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. 11For thus Amos has said,“‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
and nIsrael must go into exile
away from his land.’”
12And Amaziah said to Amos, o“O seer, go, flee away pto the land of Judah, and qeat bread there, and prophesy there, 13but rnever again prophesy at Bethel, for sit is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”
Micah 2:6
6 t“Do not preach”—thus they preach—u“one should not preach of such things;
vdisgrace will not overtake us.”
Matthew 21:23
The Authority of Jesus Challenged
23 wAnd when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him xas he was teaching, and said, y“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”
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