Hebrews 11:37

Modern English Version

They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered around in sheepskins and goatskins, while destitute, afflicted, and tormented.

Cross References

2 Samuel 12:31

He brought out the people who were in it, and he put them to work with saws, and iron picks, and iron axes, and sent them to work in the brick kiln. Thus he did to all of the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all of the people returned to Jerusalem.

1 Kings 18:13

Were you not told what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the Lord’s prophets in groups of fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water?

1 Kings 18:4

When Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them in groups of fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)

1 Kings 19:1

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and how he had executed all the prophets with the sword.

1 Kings 19:10

And he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, Lord of Hosts, for the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword, and I alone am left, and they seek to take my life.”

1 Kings 19:13

When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood in the entrance to the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, “Why are you here, Elijah?”

1 Kings 19:14

And he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, Lord of Hosts, because the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword, and I alone am left, and they seek to take my life.”

1 Kings 19:19

So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him and he with the twelfth, and Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak on him.

1 Kings 21:10

and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, ‘You blasphemed God and the king.’ And then carry him out and stone him, so that he will die.”

2 Kings 1:8

They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.” He said, “It was Elijah the Tishbite.”

2 Kings 2:13

He picked up the robe of Elijah that fell from him, and he returned and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

2 Kings 2:8

Then Elijah took his robe and rolled it up and struck the water, and it was divided from one side to the other. Then the two of them crossed on dry ground.

1 Chronicles 20:3

He brought out the people who were in it, and put them to work with saws, sharp iron tools, and axes. Thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites, and then he and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 24:21

But they plotted against him, and at the command of the king they all stoned him in the court of the house of the Lord.

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain I have smitten your children; they received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 26:23

They brought Uriah out of Egypt and led him to Jehoiakim the king, who slew him with the sword and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.

Zechariah 13:4

On that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a robe of coarse hair in order to deceive.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring this one-third left into the fire, and will refine them as the refinement of silver, and will test them as the testing of gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, “They are My people”; and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”

Matthew 21:35

“The vinedressers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

Matthew 3:4

This same John had clothing made of camel’s hair, a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus replied, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Luke 13:34

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing!

Acts 14:19

Then some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there and persuaded the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing he was dead.

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? They have even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers,

2 Corinthians 12:10

So I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in hardships, in persecutions, and in distresses for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Hebrews 11:25

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time.

Hebrews 13:3

Remember those who are in chains, as if imprisoned with them, and those who are ill treated, since you are also in the body.

Revelation 11:3

And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”