watchmen

Song of Solomon 3:3
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: "Have you seen the one I love?"

Isaiah 6:10, 11
Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed. . . .

Hosea 9:7, 8
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived--let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility. . . .

Acts 20:29, 30
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. . . .

2 Corinthians 11:13
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

they smote

Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

Hosea 6:5
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

Acts 26:9, 10
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. . . .

Philippians 3:6
as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the Law, faultless.

Revelation 17:5, 6
On her forehead a mysterious name was written: Babylon the Great, the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth. . . .

the keepers

Song of Solomon 8:11
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.

Isaiah 62:6
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

Matthew 21:33-41
Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. . . .

Matthew 23:2, 29-36
"The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. . . .

took

Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

Acts 5:40, 41
At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them. . . .

1 Corinthians 4:10-13
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored. . . .

Hebrews 11:36, 37
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. . . .

Hebrews 12:2
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

1 Peter 4:14-16
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. . . .