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What does the Bible say about being persecuted?

13 verses about being persecuted, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about being persecuted

2 Timothy 3:12 — Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 4 votes
Matthew 5:10 — Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 3 votes
Matthew 10:22 — And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 3 votes
Matthew 5:11 — Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 2 votes
Matthew 5:44 — 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; 2 votes
Mark 13:13 — And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 2 votes
Luke 6:22 — Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. 2 votes
John 15:18 — If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 2 votes
John 16:33 — These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. 2 votes
Romans 8:35 — Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 2 votes
Romans 12:14 — Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. 2 votes
2 Corinthians 12:10 — Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. 2 votes
2 Peter 2:9 — The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 2 votes

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Matthew (4), John (2), Romans (2), Mark (1), Luke (1), 2 Corinthians (1), 2 Timothy (1), 2 Peter (1)

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