Bible Verses of Persecution

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

Romans 12:14

As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

Romans 8:36

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Romans 8:35

Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor`s crown.

Revelation 2:10

Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.

Psalms 129:3

“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.

Psalms 129:2

“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;

Psalms 129:1

Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.

Psalms 119:161

Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.

Psalms 119:157

My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words.

Psalms 119:139

Redeem me from human oppression, that I may obey your precepts.

Psalms 119:134

They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.

Psalms 119:87

All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.

Psalms 119:86

How long must your servant wait? When will you punish my persecutors?

Psalms 119:84

Though rulers sit together and slander me, your servant will meditate on your decrees.

Psalms 119:23

Remove from me their scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes.

Psalms 119:22

All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.

Psalms 102:8

With one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against you—

Psalms 83:5

“Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel`s name is remembered no more.”

Psalms 83:4

With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.

Psalms 83:3

See how your enemies growl, how your foes rear their heads.

Psalms 83:2

Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it.

Psalms 80:13

Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes?

Psalms 80:12

You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.

Psalms 80:6

for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

Psalms 79:7

We are objects of contempt to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.

Psalms 79:4

They say, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him.”

Psalms 71:11

For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.

Psalms 71:10

For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.

Psalms 69:26

when I put on sackcloth, people make sport of me.

Psalms 69:11

When I weep and fast, I must endure scorn;

Psalms 69:10

for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

Psalms 69:9

For I endure scorn for your sake, and shame covers my face.

Psalms 69:7

Those who hate me without reason outnumber the hairs of my head; many are my enemies without cause, those who seek to destroy me. I am forced to restore what I did not steal.

Psalms 69:4

as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.

Philippians 3:6

Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh.

Philippians 3:2

Tobiah the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, “What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!”

Nehemiah 4:3

and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?”

Nehemiah 4:2

When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews,

Nehemiah 4:1

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us. “What is this you are doing?” they asked. “Are you rebelling against the king?”

Nehemiah 2:19

When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were very much disturbed that someone had come to promote the welfare of the Israelites.

Nehemiah 2:10

Marshal your troops now, city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel`s ruler on the cheek with a rod.

Micah 5:1

But now many nations are gathered against you. They say, “Let her be defiled, let our eyes gloat over Zion!”

Micah 4:11

and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.

Matthew 24:11

At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,

Matthew 24:10

“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

Matthew 24:9

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.

Matthew 23:15

Matthew 23:14

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:

Matthew 23:1

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.

Matthew 22:34

Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.

Matthew 22:15

The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them.

Matthew 22:6

They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.

Matthew 21:46

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus` parables, they knew he was talking about them.

Matthew 21:45

So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

Matthew 21:39

“But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let`s kill him and take his inheritance.`

Matthew 21:38

Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.

Matthew 21:36

“The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Matthew 21:35

But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.

Matthew 21:15

John`s disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.

Matthew 14:12

His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

Matthew 14:11

and had John beheaded in the prison.

Matthew 14:10

The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted

Matthew 14:9

Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

Matthew 14:8

that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

Matthew 14:7

On Herod`s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the guests and pleased Herod so much

Matthew 14:6

Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.

Matthew 14:5

for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

Matthew 14:4

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip`s wife,

Matthew 14:3

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus,

Matthew 14:1

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.”

Matthew 13:57

But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

Matthew 13:21

But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

Matthew 12:14

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people have been raiding it.

Matthew 11:12

a man`s enemies will be the members of his own household.`

Matthew 10:36

For I have come to turn “‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—

Matthew 10:35

“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Matthew 10:34

When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 10:23

You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:22

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.

Matthew 10:21

On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:18

Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.

Matthew 10:17

“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:10

When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee.

Matthew 4:12

“You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written: “‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.`

Mark 14:27

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

Mark 14:21

“It is one of the Twelve,” he replied, “one who dips bread into the bowl with me.

Mark 14:20

They were saddened, and one by one they said to him, “Surely you don`t mean me?”

Mark 14:19

While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.”

Mark 14:18

They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.

Mark 14:11

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them.

Mark 14:10

“But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”

Mark 14:2

Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.

Mark 14:1

“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.

Mark 13:12

“You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.

Mark 13:9

They devour widows` houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

Mark 12:40

and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Mark 12:39

As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces,

Mark 12:38

Should we pay or shouldn`t we?” But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”

Mark 12:15