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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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Revelation 22:20 NIV
He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
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Revelation 13:7 NIV
It was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
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Acts 23:11 NIV
The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
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Psalm 119:69 NIV
Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,
    I keep your precepts with all my heart.
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Galatians 6:17 NIV
From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
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Galatians 6:12 NIV
Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
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1 John 3:2 NIV
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
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2 Timothy 4:6-8 NIV
6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day —and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
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Acts 4:3 NIV
They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.
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Hebrews 10:32-34 NIV
32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 34 You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.
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