But Ahab replied, "When you speak to me in the name of the LORD, tell the truth! How many times do I have to tell you that?"

This made Asa so angry with the prophet that he had him put in chains. It was at this same time that Asa began treating some of the people cruelly.

Then King Ahab ordered one of his officers, "Arrest Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Prince Joash.

"If you return safely," Micaiah exclaimed, "then the LORD has not spoken through me!" And he added, "Listen, everyone, to what I have said!"

he had me beaten and placed in chains near the upper Benjamin Gate in the Temple.

The next morning, after Pashhur had released me from the chains, I said to him, "The LORD did not name you Pashhur. The name he has given you is 'Terror Everywhere.'

Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted.

But John reprimanded Governor Herod, because he had married Herodias, his brother's wife, and had done many other evil things.

Then Herod did an even worse thing by putting John in prison.

They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

Are they Christ's servants? I sound like a madman---but I am a better servant than they are! I have worked much harder, I have been in prison more times, I have been whipped much more, and I have been near death more often.

The people of the earth will be happy because of the death of these two. They will celebrate and send presents to each other, because those two prophets brought much suffering upon the whole human race.

David had been thinking, "Why did I ever protect that fellow's property out here in the wilderness? Not a thing that belonged to him was stolen, and this is how he pays me back for the help I gave him!

When the Pharisees heard this, they replied, "He drives out demons only because their ruler Beelzebul gives him power to do so."

where they began to accuse him: "We caught this man misleading our people, telling them not to pay taxes to the Emperor and claiming that he himself is the Messiah, a king."

The people listened to Paul until he said this; but then they started shouting at the top of their voices, "Away with him! Kill him! He's not fit to live!"

You have given us sorrow to eat, a large cup of tears to drink.

Because of your anger and fury, ashes are my food, and my tears are mixed with my drink. You picked me up and threw me away.

The Lord will make you go through hard times, but he himself will be there to teach you, and you will not have to search for him any more.

Make sure that there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him, even if he stubbornly goes his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike.

The wicked succeed in everything. They cannot understand God's judgments; they sneer at their enemies.

Sensible people are careful to stay out of trouble, but stupid people are careless and act too quickly.

For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night.

When people say, "Everything is quiet and safe," then suddenly destruction will hit them! It will come as suddenly as the pains that come upon a woman in labor, and people will not escape.