Jeremiah 15:10
Woe to me, my mother, that you gave birth to me, a man of contention and quarreling {to the whole land}. I have not lent out and {I have not borrowed}. All of them [are] cursing me.
Exodus 22:25
" 'If you lend money [to] my people, [to] the needy with you, you will not be to him as a creditor; you will not {charge him interest}.
Psalm 15:5
He does not lend his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against [the] innocent. He who does these [things] will never be shaken.
Jeremiah 1:18-19
Now look, I have made you {today} as a fortified city and as an iron pillar and a bronze wall against all the land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
Jeremiah 15:20
And I will make you to this people a wall of fortified bronze, and they will fight against you, but they will not prevail over you, for I [am] with you, to save you, and to deliver you," {declares} Yahweh.
Jeremiah 20:7-8
You have persuaded me, Yahweh, and I was persuaded. You have overpowered me, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day [long]. {Everyone} [is] mocking me.
Leviticus 25:36
You must not take interest or usury from him, but you shall revere your God, and your countryman shall live with you.
Deuteronomy 23:19-20
"{You shall not charge your brother interest on money}, interest on food, or interest on anything that one could lend on interest
1 Kings 18:17-18
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "[Is] this you [who] throws Israel into confusion?"
1 Kings 21:20
Then Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" He said, "I have found you because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of Yahweh.
1 Kings 22:8
Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "[There is] still one man to inquire from Yahweh, but I despise him, for he never prophesies [anything] good concerning me, but only bad: Micaiah the son of Imlah." Then Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say so."
Nehemiah 5:1-6
Now there was a great cry of distress of the people and of their wives [against] their Jewish brothers.
Job 3:1-26
{Afterward} Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.
Psalm 109:28
Let them curse, but you bless. [When] they arise, let them be put to shame, that your servant may be glad.
Psalm 120:5-6
Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, [that] I dwell among the tents of Kedar.
Proverbs 26:2
Like the sparrow [is] to fluttering and like the swallow [is] to flying, so an undeserved curse does not go forth.
Jeremiah 20:14-18
Cursed be [the] day [on] which I was born, let not the day [on] which my mother gave birth to me be blessed.
Ezekiel 2:6-7
And you, son of man, you must not be afraid of them, and you must not be afraid of their words, because briers and thorns [are] with you, and you [are] sitting among scorpions. You must not be afraid of their words, and you must not be dismayed because of their {looks}, for they [are] a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 3:7-9
And the house of Israel, they are not willing to listen to you, for they [are] not willing to listen to me, for all of the house of Israel is hard of forehead, and they [are] hard of heart.
Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 10:21-23
"And brother will hand over brother to death, and a father [his] children, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death,
Matthew 24:9
"Then they will hand you over to persecution and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of my name.
Luke 2:34
And Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed--
Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile [you] and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
Acts 16:20-22
And [when they] had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews,
Acts 17:6-8
And [when they] did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city officials, shouting, "These [people] who have stirred up trouble [throughout] the world have come here also,
Acts 19:8-9
So he entered into the synagogue [and] was speaking boldly for three months, discussing and attempting to convince [them] concerning the kingdom of God.
Acts 19:25-28
{These} he gathered together, and the workers occupied with such things, [and] said, "Men, you know that from this business {we get our prosperity},
Acts 28:22
But we would like to hear from you what you think, for concerning this sect it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere."
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to people.