And the king said to him, How often shall I solemnly charge you that you speak to me nothing but truth in the name of the Lord?

And Asa was angry with the prophet, and put him in prison, for he was angry at this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.

And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and take him away to Semer the keeper of the city;

And Micaiah said, If you ever return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.

And he struck him, and cast him into the dungeon which was by the gate of the upper house that was set apart, which was by the house of the Lord.

And Pashur brought Jeremiah out of the dungeon. And Jeremiah said to him, [the Lord] has not called your name Pashur, but Exile.

Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

he also added this to all [his other] [sins], and locked up John in the prison.

and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the public custody.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] even more: in labors far more, in beatings immeasurably, in imprisonments far more, in deaths often.

And those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry, and give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking of anything, of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good.

But the Pharisees, having heard, said, "This [Man] does not cast out demons except by Beelzebub, ruler of the demons."

And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this [Man] perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King."

Now they were listening to him until this statement, and they lifted their voice saying, "Take away such a [man] from the earth, for it is not fitting [for] him to live!"

You will feed us with the bread of tears; and will cause us to drink tears by measure.

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping;

And [though] the Lord shall give you the bread of affliction and scant water, yet they that cause you to err shall no more at all draw near to you; for your eyes shall see those that cause you to err,

And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with [him]:

His ways are profane at all times; Your judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies.

A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor.

For you yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, just as labor pains upon the woman that is pregnant, and they shall by no means escape.