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26 KJV and 16 BSB verses contain “persecuted” — showing the first 20. Show all 32 verses (searchable)

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.

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.

Psalms 119:86

All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.

All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!

Psalms 119:161

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.

Psalms 129:1

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—

Psalms 129:2

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.

Psalms 143:3

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.

Isaiah 14:6

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.

Lamentations 3:43

Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.

Matthew 5:10

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.

Matthew 5:12

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.

Matthew 24:9

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.

John 15:20

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.

Acts 7:52

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—

Acts 22:4

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,

Acts 26:11

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.

I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

1 Corinthians 4:12

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

1 Corinthians 15:9

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.

2 Corinthians 4:9

Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

Galatians 1:13

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.