25 Bible Verses About Being Persecuted (NIV)
This is a hand-curated and ranked list of the most relevant Bible verses about Being Persecuted (NIV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.
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Bible Verses About Being Persecuted
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2 Timothy 3:12
12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
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Matthew 10:22
22 All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
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Matthew 5:10
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Matthew 5:10-12
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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Mark 13:13
13 All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.
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2 Corinthians 12:10
10 That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Matthew 5:11
11 "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
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Romans 8:35
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
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John 16:33
33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
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Luke 6:22
22 Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
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2 Peter 2:9
9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
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John 15:20
20 Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
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1 Peter 4:12-14
12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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2 Timothy 2:12
12 if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us;
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Psalm 23:4
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
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Mark 10:29-30
29 "I tell you the truth," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age (homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields--and with them, persecutions) and in the age to come, eternal life.
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1 Peter 3:18
18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,
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Romans 8:18
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
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1 Peter 2:16
16 Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
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1 Peter 5:8
8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
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Philippians 1:29
29 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him,
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