2Ch 36:15-16, Jer 20:8-9, Amo 7:10, Luk 11:45, 20:19, Joh 7:7, 9:40 | ESV | STEP | The Lord , the God of their fathers , sent persistently to them by his messengers , because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place .

2 Chronicles 36:15-16

15 The Lord, the God of their fathers, ^asent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 ^bBut they kept mocking the messengers of God, ^cdespising his words and scoffing at his prophets, ^duntil the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Jeremiah 20:8-9

8 For whenever I speak, I cry out,
I shout, ^e“Violence and destruction!”
For ^fthe word of the Lord has become for me
^ga reproach and ^hderision all day long.
9 If I say, “I will not mention him,
or speak any more in his name,”
ⁱthere is in my heart as it were a burning fire
shut up in my bones,
and ^jI am weary with holding it in,
and I cannot.

Amos 7:10

Amos Accused

10 Then 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.

Luke 11:45

45 One of ⁿthe lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.”

Luke 20:19

Paying Taxes to Caesar

19 ^oThe scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people.

John 7:7

7 The world cannot hate you, but ^pit hates me because I testify about it that ^qits works are evil.

John 9:40

40 Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, ^r“Are we also blind?”