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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1 Timothy 3:12 NIV
A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.
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John 15:18-19 NIV
18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
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Acts 13:27-29 NIV
27 The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. 28 Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. 29 When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.
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1 Peter 4:7 NIV
The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.
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Psalm 69:26 NIV
For they persecute those you wound
and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
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Colossians 3:5 NIV
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.
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Acts 17:10-11 NIV
10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
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Acts 4:2 NIV
They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
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Psalm 9:13 NIV
Lord, see how my enemies persecute me!
Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
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Mark 11:18 NIV
The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.
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