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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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Acts 3:13-15 NIV
13 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go. 14 You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. 15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
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Acts 4:27 NIV
Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
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Hebrews 12:2-3 NIV
2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
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Genesis 49:23 NIV
With bitterness archers attacked him;
    they shot at him with hostility.
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Job 1:9 NIV
“Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied.
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Job 2:4-5 NIV
4 “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life. 5 But now stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
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Psalm 11:2 NIV
For look, the wicked bend their bows;
    they set their arrows against the strings
to shoot from the shadows
    at the upright in heart.
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Psalm 37:32 NIV
The wicked lie in wait for the righteous,
    intent on putting them to death;
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Psalm 38:20 NIV
Those who repay my good with evil
    lodge accusations against me,
    though I seek only to do what is good.
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Psalm 42:3 NIV
My tears have been my food
    day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”
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