62 verses contain “Persecute” (in the KJV: 57, in the BSB: 34) — showing 1–62
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And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:
I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’
But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
“Who are You, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” He replied.
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
And then shall the dragons have the upper hand, remembering their nature; and if they shall turn themselves, conspiring together in great power to persecute them,
For God breaketh the battles: for among the camps in the midst of the people he hath delivered me out of the hands of them that persecuted me.
Yea, and without these might they have fallen down with one blast, being persecuted of vengeance, and scattered abroad through the breath of thy power: but thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight.
For the ungodly, that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thine arm: with strange rains, hails, and showers, were they persecuted, that they could not avoid, and through fire were they consumed.
For sometime the flame was mitigated, that it might not burn up the beasts that were sent against the ungodly; but themselves might see and perceive that they were persecuted with the judgment of God.
What good doeth the offering unto an idol? for neither can it eat nor smell: so is he that is persecuted of the Lord.
My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from God: for thine enemy hath persecuted thee; but shortly thou shalt see his destruction, and shalt tread upon his neck.