Bible Verses about “persecution”

“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.”

“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.”

“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”

“For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.”

“But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."”

“Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.”

“But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.”

“If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.”

“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.”