Persecution
70 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
57 sections
- All That Live Godly in Christ, Shall Suffer
- Blessedness of Enduring, for Christ's Sake
- Cannot Separated from Christ
- Christ Suffered
- Christ Voluntarily Submitted To
- Christ Was Patient Under
- False Teachers Shrink From
- God Delivers out of
- God Forsakes not his Saints Under
- Hypocrites Cannot Endure
- Lawful Means May be Used to Escape
- Men by Nature Addicted To
- Originates: Hated to God and Christ
- Originates: Hatred to the Gospel
- Originates: Ignorance of God and Christ
- Originates: Mistaken Zeal
- Originates: Pride
- Pray for Those Suffering
- Preacher of the Gospel Subject To
- Saints May Expect
- Saints Suffer, for the Sake of God
- Saints Suffering, should Commit Themselves to God
- Saints Suffering, should Exhibit Patience
- Saints Suffering, should Glorify God
- Saints Suffering, should Pray for Deliverance
- Saints Suffering, should Pray for Those Who Inflict
- Saints Suffering, should Rejoice
- Saints Suffering, should Return Blessing For
- Spirit of Chaldeans
- Spirit of Gentiles
- Spirit of Herod
- Spirit of Jews
- Spirit of Jezebel
- Spirit of Paul
- Spirit of Pharaoh
- Spirit of Pharisees
- Spirit of Saul
- Spirit of Zedekiah
- Suffering of Apostles
- Suffering of Daniel
- Suffering of David
- Suffering of Hebrews
- Suffering of Jeremiah
- Suffering of Micaiah
- Suffering of Paul and Barnabas
- Suffering of Paul and Silas
- Suffering of Peter
- Suffering of Saints of Old
- Suffering of The Church
- Suffering of The Prophets
- The Hope of Future Blessedness Supports Under
- The Wicked: Active In
- The Wicked: Addicted To
- The Wicked: Encourage Each Other In
- The Wicked: Illustrated
- The Wicked: Punishment For
- The Wicked: Rejoice in Its Success
All That Live Godly in Christ, Shall Suffer
- 2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Blessedness of Enduring, for Christ's Sake
- Matthew 5:10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Luke 6:22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
Cannot Separated from Christ
- Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Christ Suffered
- Psalm 69:26 For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
- John 5:16 Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
Christ Voluntarily Submitted To
- Isaiah 50:6 I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
Christ Was Patient Under
- Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
False Teachers Shrink From
- Galatians 6:12 Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.
God Delivers out of
- Daniel 3:25 “Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire — and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”
- Daniel 3:28 Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or …
- 2 Corinthians 1:10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
- 2 Timothy 3:11 my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
God Forsakes not his Saints Under
- 2 Corinthians 4:9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
Hypocrites Cannot Endure
- Matthew 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Lawful Means May be Used to Escape
- Matthew 2:13 When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
- Matthew 10:23 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.
- Matthew 12:14–15 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. …
Men by Nature Addicted To
- Galatians 4:29 At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
Originates: Hated to God and Christ
- John 15:20 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.
- John 15:24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
Originates: Hatred to the Gospel
- Matthew 13:21 But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
Originates: Ignorance of God and Christ
- John 16:3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
Originates: Mistaken Zeal
- Acts 13:50 The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
- Acts 26:9–11 So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. …
Originates: Pride
- Psalm 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
Pray for Those Suffering
- 2 Thessalonians 3:2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not everyone holds to the faith.
Preacher of the Gospel Subject To
- Galatians 5:11 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.
Saints May Expect
- Mark 10:30 will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age — houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions — and in the age to come, eternal life.
- Luke 21:12 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.
- John 15:20 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.
Saints Suffer, for the Sake of God
- Jeremiah 15:15 You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
Saints Suffering, should Commit Themselves to God
- 1 Peter 4:19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
Saints Suffering, should Exhibit Patience
- 1 Corinthians 4:12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
Saints Suffering, should Glorify God
- 1 Peter 4:16 But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
Saints Suffering, should Pray for Deliverance
- Psalm 7:1 O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
- Psalm 119:86 All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause— help me!
Saints Suffering, should Pray for Those Who Inflict
- Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Saints Suffering, should Rejoice
- Matthew 5:12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- 1 Peter 4:13 But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
Saints Suffering, should Return Blessing For
- Romans 12:14 Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
Spirit of Chaldeans
- Daniel 3:8–30 At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews, …
Spirit of Gentiles
- Acts 14:5 But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,
Spirit of Herod
- Acts 12:1 About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
Spirit of Jews
- John 5:16 Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15 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,
Spirit of Jezebel
- 1 Kings 19:2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
Spirit of Paul
- Philippians 3:6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
- 1 Timothy 1:13 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
Spirit of Pharaoh
- Exodus 1:8–14 Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt. …
Spirit of Pharisees
- Matthew 12:14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.
Spirit of Saul
- 1 Samuel 26:18 And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
Spirit of Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 38:4–6 Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these …
Suffering of Apostles
- Acts 5:18 and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
Suffering of Daniel
- Daniel 6:5–17 Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.” …
Suffering of David
- Psalm 119:161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
Suffering of Hebrews
- Hebrews 10:33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
Suffering of Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 32:2 At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.
Suffering of Micaiah
- 1 Kings 22:27 and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
Suffering of Paul and Barnabas
- Acts 13:50 The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
Suffering of Paul and Silas
- Acts 16:23 And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.
Suffering of Peter
- Acts 4:3 They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
Suffering of Saints of Old
- Hebrews 11:36 Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
Suffering of The Church
- Acts 8:1 And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
Suffering of The Prophets
- Acts 7:52 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 —
The Hope of Future Blessedness Supports Under
- 1 Corinthians 15:19 If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
- 1 Corinthians 15:32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
- Hebrews 10:34–35 You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession. …
The Wicked: Active In
- Psalm 143:3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
- Lamentations 4:19 Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
The Wicked: Addicted To
- Psalm 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Psalm 69:26 For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
The Wicked: Encourage Each Other In
- Psalm 71:11 saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
The Wicked: Illustrated
- Matthew 21:33–39 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. …
The Wicked: Punishment For
- Psalm 7:13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6 After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
The Wicked: Rejoice in Its Success
- Psalm 13:4 lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.
- Revelation 11:10 And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
Related topics
Persecution of the RighteousPersecution of JesusPersecution of JeremiahPersecution of JobPersecution of ElijahPersecution of the Apostles
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.