Bible Verses About Persecution

Here we have collected several Bible verses about Persecution from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version (KJV).

Revelation 2:10-13

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"Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give…

Acts 26:11-15

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"And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,…

Matthew 24:4-9

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"And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see…

Matthew 5:10-12

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"Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.…

Luke 11:47-49

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"Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. Therefore also…

1 Thessalonians 2:14-15

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"For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: Who both killed the Lord…

Psalms 71:10-12

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"For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. O God, be not far from me:…

Matthew 10:23-24

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"But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. The disciple is not above…

Matthew 5:44

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"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;" - Matthew 5:44 KJV

2 Corinthians 12:10

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"Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong" - 2 Corinthians 12:10 KJV

Jeremiah 15:15

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"O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke" - Jeremiah 15:15 KJV

Acts 13:50

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"But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts" - Acts 13:50 KJV

Lamentations 1:3

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"Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits" - Lamentations 1:3 KJV

Jeremiah 17:18

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"Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction" - Jeremiah 17:18 KJV

Psalms 83:14-16

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"As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O…

Jeremiah 20:11

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"But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten" - Jeremiah…

Acts 8:1

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"And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles" -…

Acts 9:4-5

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"And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for…

Job 19:21-22

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"Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?" - Job 19:21-22 KJV

Psalms 1:5

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"Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous" - Psalms 1:5 KJV

Psalms 10:2

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"The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined" - Psalms 10:2 KJV

Psalms 142:6

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"Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I" - Psalms 142:6 KJV

Psalms 35:3

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"Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation" - Psalms 35:3 KJV

Revelation 12:13

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"And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child" - Revelation 12:13 KJV

1 Peter 5:8

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"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:" - 1 Peter 5:8 KJV

John 5:16

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"And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day" - John 5:16 KJV

Romans 8:35

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"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword" - Romans 8:35 KJV

Psalms 143:3

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"For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead" - Psalms 143:3 KJV

Romans 12:14

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"Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not" - Romans 12:14 KJV

Psalms 31:15

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"My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me" - Psalms 31:15 KJV

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