446 Bible Verses about Persecution
Want to know what the Bible says about Persecution? Here are 446 Bible verses about Persecution from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Habakkuk 1:13 NIV
Your eyes are too pure to look on evil;
you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?
Why are you silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?
Why are you silent while the wicked
swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
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Philippians 1:28 NIV
without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God.
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1 Peter 5:8-9 NIV
8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
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2 Timothy 3:11 NIV
persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
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John 15:4 NIV
Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
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Psalm 119:161 NIV
Rulers persecute me without cause,
but my heart trembles at your word.
but my heart trembles at your word.
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1 Thessalonians 3:4 NIV
In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.
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Matthew 27:39 NIV
Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads
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Isaiah 53:3 NIV
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
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Acts 16:23 NIV
After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully.
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