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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Psalm 2:1-5 NIV
2 Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth rise up
and the rulers band together
against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
3 “Let us break their chains
and throw off their shackles.”
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth rise up
and the rulers band together
against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
3 “Let us break their chains
and throw off their shackles.”
4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord scoffs at them.
5 He rebukes them in his anger
and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
the Lord scoffs at them.
5 He rebukes them in his anger
and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
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Psalm 22:1-2 NIV
22 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?
2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.
Why are you so far from saving me,
so far from my cries of anguish?
2 My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, but I find no rest.
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Isaiah 52:14 NIV
Just as there were many who were appalled at him —
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness —
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness —
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Matthew 11:19 NIV
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
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Matthew 16:1 NIV
The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.
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Matthew 22:15 NIV
Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.
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Matthew 26:3-4 NIV
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people assembled in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, 4 and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.
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Matthew 27:25-30 NIV
25 All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”
26 Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified.
27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said. 30 They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.
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Mark 12:13 NIV
Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words.
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Mark 14:1 NIV
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.
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