Bible Verses about “being persecuted”
The Bible contains 14 verses about being persecuted across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world."”
“But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,”
“"Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.”
“Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
“Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.”
“Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.”
“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”
“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.”
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
“the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;”
“Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.”
“You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.”
“You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.”