Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Cross-reference
In Nehemiah 9:18, the golden calf incident is another instance of the same blasphemy and rebellion recounted here.
Nehemiah 9:29 continues this confession, detailing their arrogance and refusal to listen after being warned.
Judges 2:11 states Israel did evil and served Baals — the same pattern of rebellion after God's goodness that Nehemiah 9:26 recounts.
Jeremiah 26:20-23 recounts the murder of the prophet Uriah by King Jehoiakim, a concrete example of killing a prophet.
Ezekiel 20:21 says the children rebelled, did not follow decrees, and profaned Sabbaths—directly parallel to turning from the law.
Psalm 106:34-40 recounts Israel's idolatry, mixing with nations, and even child sacrifice—parallel to the blasphemies and rebellion mentioned here.
Psalm 78:57 says they turned back and were unfaithful like their fathers, matching the 'turned their backs' and rebellion in this verse.
Psalm 78:56 explicitly states they put God to the test and rebelled, not keeping His statutes—a clear parallel to the disobedience here.
2 Chronicles 36:16 summarizes Israel's mocking and scoffing at God's prophets, culminating in wrath—directly parallel to Nehemiah's description of rebellion.
2 Chronicles 24:21 describes the stoning of Zechariah, a specific instance of killing a prophet as mentioned in Nehemiah 9:26.
Matthew 21:35 in the parable of tenants depicts servants being beaten and killed, illustrating the same rejection of God's messengers.
In Matthew 23:34-37, Jesus laments Jerusalem killing prophets — the same pattern of rebellion against God's messengers described here.
Judges 3:7 says Israel forgot the Lord and served Baals — exactly the kind of rebellion and blasphemy Nehemiah 9:26 describes.
Judges 10:6 similarly describes Israel doing evil, serving Baals and Ashtoreths, forsaking the Lord—the same rebellion as here.
In Acts 7:52, Stephen recounts that Israel persecuted and killed the prophets who foretold Christ — directly echoing this history.
1 Kings 19:10 has Elijah lamenting that Israelites killed God's prophets with the sword, directly mirroring Nehemiah 9:26.
1 Kings 18:13 repeats the same account of hiding prophets from Jezebel's slaughter, reinforcing the pattern of killing prophets.
1 Kings 18:4 records Jezebel killing prophets, a direct historical example of the prophet-killing described in Nehemiah 9:26.
1 Kings 14:9 says Jeroboam turned his back on God and made other gods, directly echoing the 'turned their backs' and blasphemies here.
Judges 2:12 details abandoning the Lord for other gods — the very rebellion and provocation described in Nehemiah 9:26.
Ezekiel 20:8 describes the same rebellion against God, with Israel refusing to abandon idols, mirroring the disobedience in Nehemiah.
Amos 2:4 condemns Judah for rejecting God's law — the identical sin of turning their backs on the law in Nehemiah.
Hosea 8:12 says they regarded God's law as foreign — the same rejection of the law that Nehemiah records.
Ezekiel 23:35 echoes 'turned your back on me' — the exact image of abandoning God's law found in Nehemiah.
In Deuteronomy 31:20, God foretells Israel's apostasy after prosperity — exactly the rebellion recorded here.
In Ezekiel 2:3, God calls Israel a rebellious nation, reinforcing the same charge of rebellion found in this passage.
Romans 11:3 cites Elijah's complaint that they killed the prophets — a specific instance of the prophet-killing pattern described in Nehemiah 9:26.
In Lamentations 3:42, the people confess sin and rebellion, directly echoing the disobedience and rebellion in Nehemiah.
In Lamentations 1:18, the speaker confesses rebellion against God's command, exactly matching the confession of rebellion here.
Zephaniah 3:2 depicts refusal to listen to correction — the same stubbornness that led to killing the prophets in Nehemiah.
Zechariah 1:4 echoes the same ancestral disobedience and refusal to heed prophets, matching Nehemiah's account.
Luke 13:34 echoes Nehemiah's accusation of killing prophets, with Jesus lamenting Jerusalem's unresponsiveness.
Zechariah 7:11 describes turning backs and covering ears — directly mirroring Nehemiah's rebellion and rejection of God's law.
Malachi 3:7 speaks of ancestors turning away from God's decrees, paralleling the persistent rebellion in Nehemiah.
Matthew 5:12 connects the killing of prophets in Nehemiah to Jesus' promise that persecuted disciples share the prophets' reward.
In Luke 20:10, the parable of the wicked tenants echoes this pattern of beating/killing the master's servants, paralleling Israel's treatment of prophets.
Matthew 23:37 directly echoes Nehemiah's accusation of killing prophets, now lamented by Jesus over Jerusalem.
Mark 12:3's parable of tenants beating servants mirrors the mistreatment of prophets described in Nehemiah.
Luke 6:23 says ancestors treated prophets the same way, directly linking disciples' persecution to Nehemiah's historical pattern.
In Jeremiah 16:11, the same ancestral sin of forsaking God and His law is highlighted, reinforcing the chronic pattern of rebellion.
Jeremiah 11:8 describes their refusal to listen and stubbornness, matching the rebellion pattern in Nehemiah.
Jeremiah 7:25 emphasizes God's persistent sending of prophets, contrasting with Nehemiah's report that they killed those prophets.
In 2 Kings 17:15, rejecting God's covenant and following idols echoes 'casting the law behind their backs' from Nehemiah 9:26.
Jeremiah 2:30 mentions the same specific sin — they killed the prophets sent to correct them, as in Nehemiah.
Isaiah 63:10 describes their rebellion against God and grieving His Spirit, similar to the rebellion and prophet-killing in Nehemiah.
Isaiah 42:24 attributes Israel's suffering to their sin of not obeying God's law, echoing the law-rejection in Nehemiah.
In Jeremiah 32:23, disobedience to God's law and the resulting disaster directly mirrors the pattern described in Nehemiah.
In 2 Chronicles 24:19, God sends prophets but the people refuse to listen — directly mirrors Nehemiah 9:26's account of rejecting and killing prophets.
In Ezra 5:12, angering God leads to Babylonian exile — the same consequence for the rebellion described in Nehemiah 9:26.
In 2 Kings 18:12, violating the covenant and disobeying God's commands is given as the reason for Israel's fall — matching the rebellion in Nehemiah 9:26.
In 2 Kings 21:9, Manasseh leads Judah into greater evil — a specific example of the rebellious pattern Nehemiah 9:26 condemns.
In 2 Kings 22:17, judgment is pronounced for forsaking God and idolatry — the same sin pattern Nehemiah 9:26 recounts.
In 2 Chronicles 6:37, Solomon prays for repentance in captivity — the proper response to the rebellion Nehemiah 9:26 describes, contrasting their stubbornness.
In 2 Chronicles 12:2, unfaithfulness leads to Shishak's attack — an earlier judgment echoing the same rebellion pattern in Nehemiah 9:26.
Psalm 50:17 describes hating instruction and casting God's words behind—paralleling the rebellion against God's law in Nehemiah 9:26, though without the killing.
Daniel 9:9 acknowledges the same rebellion but adds God's mercy, contrasting the focus on sin in Nehemiah.
In 2 Kings 17:7, Israel's sin of worshiping other gods is given as the cause of exile — the same rebellion Nehemiah 9:26 summarizes.
In 1 Kings 8:47, Solomon prays for repentance after sin — which is the response to the rebellion described here.
Romans 10:21 quotes God stretching out His hands to a disobedient people — this same rebellious attitude underlies the blasphemies in Nehemiah 9:26.
Psalm 78:10 summarizes the same rebellion — they refused to live by God's law, matching the turning from the law in Nehemiah.
Hosea 13:6 describes forgetting God after being satisfied — a root cause of the rebellion in Nehemiah.
In Jeremiah 26:4, the call to follow God's law is stated, contrasting with the rejection of that law in Nehemiah.
In Jeremiah 30:15, suffering is attributed to great guilt and sins, providing the consequence that follows the rebellion here.
In Jeremiah 25:7, Israel is accused of not listening and provoking God with idols, matching the disobedience theme here.