Persecution
Hostility and suffering inflicted on believers because of their faith. Jesus warned, 'If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also' (John 15:20) and pronounced a blessing: 'Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness' (Matthew 5:10). The early church faced persecution from its inception (Acts 4-5, 7-8, 12). Paul catalogued his sufferings in 2 Corinthians 11:23-28. Romans 8:35-37 assures that 'neither death nor life... nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God.' Hebrews 11:35-38 honors those who endured terrible persecution through faith. Revelation promises vindication for the martyrs (6:9-11).
Verses about Persecution
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Deuteronômio 30:7
And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
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Jó 19:22
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
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Jó 19:28
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
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Salmos 7:1
O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
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Salmos 7:5
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
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Salmos 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
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Salmos 31:15
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
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Salmos 35:3
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
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Salmos 35:6
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
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Salmos 69:26
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
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Salmos 71:11
Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
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Salmos 83:15
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
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Salmos 109:16
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
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Salmos 119:84
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
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Salmos 119:86
All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
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Salmos 119:161
Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
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Salmos 143:3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long…
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Isaías 14:6
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
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Jeremias 17:18
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of …
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Jeremias 29:18
And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the ea…