Pro 28:1, Isa 58:1-2, Eze 2:6-7, 3:7-11, 18-19, 33:7-9, Act 7:52, 20:26-27 | ESV | STEP | The wicked flee when no one pursues , but the righteous are bold as a lion .

1 “Cry aloud; do not hold back;
^clift up your voice like a trumpet;
^ddeclare to my people their transgression,
to the house of Jacob their sins.
2 ^eYet they seek me daily
and delight to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that did righteousness
and did not forsake the judgment of their God;
they ask of me righteous judgments;
they delight to draw near to God.

Ezekiel 2:6-7

6 And you, son of man, ^fbe not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, ^gthough briers and thorns are with you and you sit on ^hscorpions. ^{▼▼Or on scorpion plants} Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. 7 And you shall speak my words to them, ^jwhether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 3:7-11

7 ^kBut the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, for they are not willing to listen to me: because all the house of Israel ^lhave a hard forehead and a stubborn heart. 8 ^mBehold, I have made your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. 9 Like ⁿemery harder than flint have I made your forehead. ^oFear them not, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.” 10 Moreover, he said to me, “Son of man, ^pall my words that I shall speak to you receive ^qin your heart, and hear with your ears. 11 And go to the exiles, ^rto your people, and speak to them and say to them, ^s‘Thus says the Lord God,’ ^twhether they hear or refuse to hear.”

Ezekiel 3:18-19

18 ^uIf I say to the wicked, ^v‘You shall surely die,’ ^wand you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person ^xshall die for ^{▼▼Or in; also verses 19, 20} his iniquity, ^zbut his blood I will require at your hand. 19 ^aaBut if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, ^abbut you ^acwill have delivered your soul.

Ezekiel 33:7-9

7 ^ad“So you, ^aeson of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. ^afWhenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 ^agIf I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, ^ahand you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, ^aithat wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 ^ajBut if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, ^akthat person shall die in his iniquity, ^albut you will have delivered your soul.

Acts 7:52

52 ^amWhich of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of ^anthe Righteous One, ^aowhom you have now betrayed and murdered,

Acts 20:26-27

26 Therefore ^apI testify to you this day that ^aqI am innocent of the blood of all, 27 for ^arI did not shrink from declaring to you ^asthe whole counsel of God.