Bible Verses about Persecution

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• Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
  2 Timothy 3:12lifeJesus
• Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  Matthew 5:10righteousnesskingdom
• Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ; for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
  2 Corinthians 12:10joystrengthweakness
• If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.
  John 15:18Jesusworld
• Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.
  Luke 6:22blessingevilJesus
• Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
  Romans 8:35lovesufferingpoverty
• Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
  Matthew 5:11blessingevilgossip
• But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
  Matthew 5:44loveprayer
• Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.”
  Mark 10:29-30evangelismblessingeternal life
• My times are in your hand;
  deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.
  Psalm 31:15redeemersalvation
• Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
  Romans 12:14blessing
• Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.
  1 Peter 5:8desiresovercomingdevil
• Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
  I fear no evil;
  for you are with me;
  your rod and your staff—
  they comfort me.
  Psalm 23:4fearencouragementdeath
• I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
  Acts 22:7speakingmiracles