60 Bible Verses about Persecution

Truly therefore they went rejoicing from the face of the council, that for his name they were deemed worthy to be dishonoured.

Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake.

I have come to cast fire into the earth; and what will I if it has been already lighted up! And I have an immersion to be immersed with; and how am I pressed together till it should be finished! Think ye that I came to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you; but rather division: read more.
For from now shall five be in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. Father shall be divided against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake.

Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake.

Truly therefore they went rejoicing from the face of the council, that for his name they were deemed worthy to be dishonoured.

Alexander the coppersmith showed me much evil: (may the Lord give back to him according to his works:)

And in that time was there no little trouble about the way. For a certain Demetrius by name, a silversmith, making the silver temples of Diana, furnished no little work to artificers; Whom having collected together and the workmen of such things, he said, Men, ye know that out of this work is our good food. read more.
And ye see and hear that not only Ephesus, but almost all Asia, this Paul having persuaded, changed a sufficient crowd, saying, that they are not gods made by hands: And not only this part is in danger to us to come to reproach; but also the temple of the great goddess Diana to be reckoned for nothing, and her greatness also about to be destroyed, whom the whole of Asia and the habitable globe worship. And having heard, and been filled with wrath, they cried, saying, Great the Diana of the Ephesians. And the whole city was filled With confusion, and they rushed unanimously into the theatre, having taken away together Gains and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's companions of the journey. And Paul wishing to come in to the people, the disciples suffered him not. And certain also of the chief of Asia, being friends to him, having sent to him, besought not to give himself into the theatre. Others truly cried some other things: for the church was confused; and the most knew not for what they had come together. And they forced Alexander out of the crowd, the Jews having put him forward. And Alexander having shaken the hand, wished to justify himself to the people. And having known that he is a Jew, there was one voice from all crying for about two hours, Great the Diana of the Ephesians. And the scribe having calmed the crowd, says, Men, Ephesians, for who is the man that knows not the city of the Ephesians, being templekeeper of the great goddess Diana, and sent by Jove? Therefore these things not being refuted, it is necessary for you to be restrained, and to do nothing rash. For ye brought these men not sacrilegious, nor blaspheming your goddess. If truly therefore Demetrius, and the artificers with him, have a word against any, the court days are kept, and there are proconsuls; let them prosecute one another. But if ye inquire anything concerning, other things, it shall be explained in a lawful assembly. For we are also in danger to be called in question for this day, being no cause for which we shall be able to give back word of this confederation. And having said these, he loosed the assembly.

For we wish you not to be ignorant, brethren, of our pressure having been to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly loaded, above strength, so that we were in utter perplexity even to live:

And when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that also in Berea the word of God was announced by Paul, they came there also, agitating the crowd. And quickly the brethren sent away Paul to go as by the sea: and both Silas and Timothy remained there. And they conveying Paul brought him even to Athens: and having taken a command to Silas and Timothy that now they might come to him most speedily, they departed.

And all wishing to live devotedly in Christ Jesus shall be driven out.

For I think that God has exhibited us the last sent, as exposed to death; for we were a theatre to the world, and to messengers, and to men. We foolish for Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we weak, and ye strong; ye honourable, and we dishonoured Until this present hour we also hunger, and thirst, and we are naked, and are cuffed, and are unsteady. read more.
And we are wearied, working with our own hands: being reviled, we praise; being driven out, we hold up Being defamed, we entreat: as the filth of the world were we become, the offscouring of all until now.

And he going out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him, Teacher, see of what country the stones, and of what country the buildings! And Jesus having answered, said to him, Seest thou these great buildings? stone upon stone shall not be left which shall not be loosed. And he sitting in the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him apart, read more.
Say to us, when shall be these things? and what the sign when all these be about to be finished? And Jesus having answered began to say to them, See ye lest any should lead you astray: For many shall come in my name, saying, That I am; and they shall lead many astray. And when ye hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not terrified: for it must be; but the end is not yet. For nation shall be raised against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in places, and there shall be famines, and commotions: these the beginnings of anguish. And see ye to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues shall ye be stripped: and shall be set before rulers and kings for my sake, for testimony to them. And the good news must first be proclaimed to all nations. And when delivering up, they bring you, take no care beforehand what ye speak, neither bestow attention: but whatever should be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for not ye are speaking, but the Holy Spirit. And brother shall deliver brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents, and kill them. And ye shall be hated by all for my name's sake: and he having remained to the end, the same shall be saved.

Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore discerning as serpents, and pure as doves. And hold ye from men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their assemblies will they scourge you. And ye shalt be brought before leaders and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. read more.
And when they deliver you up, have no care how or what ye should speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak. For ye yourselves are not speaking, but the spirit of your father speaking in you. And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child: and children shall rise up in revolt against parents, and kill them. And ye shall be hated by all for my name: and he having remained to the end shall be saved. And when they drive you out in this city, flee ye to another; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not finish the cities of Israel till the Son of man come. The disciple is not above the teacher, nor the servant above his lord. Sufficient to the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzeboul, how much more those pertaining to his household?

And Jesus having gone out, went out of the temple: and his disciples came near to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, See ye not all these? truly I say to you, Stone upon stone shall not be left here, which shall not be loosened. And sitting upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came to him apart, saying, Say to us when these shall be, and what the sign of thy arrival, and the termination of the time. read more.
And Jesus having answered, said to them, See lest any lead you astray. For many shall come upon my name, saying, I am Christ; and deceive many. And ye will be about to hear of wars and rumors of war: see, be not terrified; for all must be, but the end is not yet. For nation shall be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and plagues, and shakings in places. And all these the beginning of anguish. Then shall they deliver you to pressure, and they shall kill you: and ye shall be hated by all nations, for my name. And then shall many be offended, and they shall deliver up one another, and they shall hate one another.

Song of David which he sang to Jehovah upon the words of Cush, son of the right hand. O Jehovah my God, in thee I put My trust: save me from all pursuing me, and deliver me:

My times in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from those pursuing me.

All thy commands are faithfulness; they pursued me without cause; help thou me.

Many are they pursuing me and pressing me: I declined not from thy testimonies.

Chiefs pursued me gratuitously: and my heart was afraid from thy words.

Neither be afraid of what things thou art about to suffer: behold, the accuser is about to cast of you into prison, that ye might be tried; and ye shall have pressure ten days: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

Then shall they deliver you to pressure, and they shall kill you: and ye shall be hated by all nations, for my name.

And hold ye from men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their assemblies will they scourge you.

And before all these shall they cast their hands upon you, and drive out, delivering to assemblies, and prisons, being brought before kings and leaders for my name's sake.

Remember the word which I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they expelled me, they will also expel you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

And having found a certain Jew by name Aquila, a Pontian by birth, having recently come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife; (for Claudius had ordered all Jews to be separated from Rome:) came to them.

In that time Rezin king of Aram turned back Elath to Aram, and he will cast out the Jews from Elath, and the Aramites came to Elath and dwelt there even to this day.

{ And the letters were sent by the hand of the runners to all the king's provinces, to cut off, to kill and to destroy, all the Jews, from the youth and even to the old man, the little ones and women, in one day, in the thirteenth to the twelfth month, (this the month Adar) and their spoil for plunder.}

They said in their heart, We will rage against them together: they burnt up all the appointments of God in the earth.

They said, Come, and we will cut them off from a nation; and the name of Israel shall no more be remembered.

And the king commanded Jerahmeel, son of the king, and Seraiah, son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; and Jehovah will hide them..

Wo to me, my mother, for thou broughtest me forth a man of strife and a man of contention to all the earth. I lent not on interest and they lent not to me on interest: they are altogether cursing me.

And then the strength of the king of Babel pressed upon Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the enclosure of the prison which was in the house of the king of Judah.

Thou knewest, O Jehovah: remember me, and review me, and avenge for me from him pursuing me; not for being slow of thy wrath wilt thou take me away; know, I suffered reproach for thee.

And the word of Jehovah will be to Jeremiah the second time, and he yet shut up in the enclosure of the prison, saying,

And Herod having set him at nought with his troops, and having mocked, putting about him shining clothing, sent him out to Pilate.

And therefore the Jews drove out Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these in the sabbath.

And having risen up, they cast him without the city, and they brought him to the brow of the mount upon which their city was built, to hurt him down.

And Jesus walked after these in Galilee: for he wished not to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, for my word has no place in you.

Who saved us from so great a death, and does save: in whom we have hoped also that he will yet save;

{ He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose going about in the midst of the fire, and there is no hurt in them: and the aspect of the fourth like to the Son of God.}

{ Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, Blessed be their God of Shadrach,,Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent his messenger and delivered for his servants that trusted upon him, and they changed the king's word, and gave their bodies that they will not serve and prostrate themselves to any god, except to their God.}

Expulsions, sufferings, which were to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what expulsions I endured: and the Lord delivered me from all.

And they, having heard, lifted up the voice unanimously to God, and said, Sovereign, thou God having made heaven, and earth, and sea, and all things which in them: Having said by the mouth of David thy servant, That why were the nations insolent, and did the people practise vain things Kings of the earth stood up, and rulers were gathered together upon one and the same, against the Lord, and against his Christ. read more.
For against the truth were they gathered together against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations and peoples of Israel,

And Saul, yet breathing out threatening and murder against the disciples of the Lord, having come to the chief priest, He asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he find certain men being of the way, and also women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. And in going, it was he drawing near to Damascus: and suddenly a light from heaven flashed with lightning around him: read more.
And having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, Why drivest thou me out? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom thou drivest out: hard for thee to kick against goads.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me not bearing fruit he takes away: and every one bearing fruit, he cleanses it, that it might bear more fruit. Already are ye clean, through the word which I have spoken to you. read more.
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it remain not in the vine; so neither ye, if ye remain not in me. I am the vine, ye the branches: he remaining in me, and I in him, he bears much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If any remain not in me, he was cast forth as the branch, and was dried up; and they gather them together, and cast into the fire, and they are burned. If ye remain in me, and my words remain in you, ye shall ask whatever ye wish, and it shall be to you. In this was my Father honoured, that ye should bear much fruit: and ye shall be disciples to me. As the Father loved me, I also loved you: remain in my love. If ye keep my commands, ye shall remain in my love; as I have kept my Father's commands, and remain in his love. These things have I spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and your joy might be completed. This is my command, That ye love one another, as I loved you. Greater love than this has none, that any lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you. I no more call you servants; for the servant knows not what his lord does: and I have called you friends; for all which I heard of my Father I made known to you. Ye chose not me, but I chose you, and I have set you, that ye might retire and bear fruit, and your fruit remain: that whatever ye ask the Father in my name, he might give you. These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, know that it has hated me the first of you. If ye were of the world, the world had loved its own: and because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word which I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they expelled me, they will also expel you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also. But all these will they do to you for my name, for they know not him having sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not sin and now they have no pretext for their sin. He hating me hates my Father also. If I did not the works in them which none other has done, they had not sin: and now have they also seen and hated also me and my Father. But that the word written in their law might be completed, That they hated me gratuitously.

The man departed, and announced to the Jews that it is Jesus having made him well. And therefore the Jews drove out Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these in the sabbath. And Jesus answered, My Father works till now, and I work. read more.
For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, for not only did he loose the sabbath, but also he called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

And it was to me going, and drawing near to Damascus about noon, suddenly much light from heaven flashed around me, And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice, Saul, Saul, why drivest thou me out? And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarite, whom thou drivest out.

And they, having gone back, lo, the messenger of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Having risen, take to thyself the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and be there till I speak to thee; for Herod is about to seek the young child to destroy him.

And when they drive you out in this city, flee ye to another; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not finish the cities of Israel till the Son of man come.

And the Pharisees took counsel against him, having gone out, that they might kill him. And Jesus having known, withdrew from thence; and many crowds followed him, and he cured them all;

And now the younger than I laughed upon me, which I rejected their fathers to set with the dogs of my flock. Also the strength of their hands wherefore to me? Upon them old age perished. In want and in hunger, barren, gnawing the dry land, yesternight desolation and burning. read more.
Plucking off sea purslain upon the shrub, the root of broom their bread. They shall be driven forth from the midst, they shall cry after them as a thief: To dwell in the horror of the valleys, holes of the dust, and the rocks. Between the shrubs they will bray; they will be poured out under the thorn bush. The sons of the foolish one, also the sons of no name: they were beaten from the land. And now I was their song, and I to them for a by word. They abhorred me, they removed far from me, and withheld not spittle from my face.

And on the contrary, ye devise falsehood; physicians all of you for nothing. Who will give silence? Ye shall be silent, and it shall be to you for wisdom. Hear now my proof, and attend. to the pleadings of my lips. read more.
Will ye speak wickedness for God? and will ye speak deceit to him? Will ye accept his face? will ye contend for God? Is it good that he shall search you out?, or as he mocking against a man; will ye mock against him? Reproving, he will reprove you if in secret ye lift up faces. Shall not his majesty make you afraid? and his terror fall upon you? Your remembrances being likened to ashes, your backs to backs of clay. Be silent from me and I will speak what shall pass upon me.

And Job will answer and say, I heard many like there: comforters of vexation ye all. Was there an end to words of wind? or what will provoke thee that thou wilt answer? read more.
Also I will speak as you: if it is your soul instead of my soul, I will join together with words against you, and shake my head against you upon it

If not mockings with me? and shall not mine eye lodge in their bitterness?

And Job will answer and say, How long will ye, grieve my soul, and crush me with words? These ten times ye will reproach me: ye will not be ashamed, ye will injure me. read more.
If indeed I erred my error will lodge with me. If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach:

If according to man I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what the profit to me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

If in this life only we have been hoping in Christ, we are more to be compassionated than all men.

I John, and your brother, and partaker in pressure, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, I was in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

And they put hands upon them, and set in guard for the morrow: for it was already evening. And many of them having heard the word, believed; and the number of men was about five thousand. And it was on the morrow, their rulers, and elders, and scribes, were gathered together at Jerusalem, read more.
And Annas, chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the lineage of the chief priest. And having set them in the midst, they inquired, In what power, or in what name did ye do this? Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, If we are this day examined of the kindness of the sick man, by whom he has been saved; Be it known to all you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarite, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in this he stands before you whole. This is the stone set at nought by you building, he having been for the head of the corner. And salvation is in no other: for neither is another name given under heaven among men, in which we must be saved. And seeing the freedom of speech of Peter and John, and comprehending that they are illiterate men, and private individuals, they wondered; and they knew them, that they were with Jesus. And seeing the man healed standing with them, they had nothing to contradict. And having urged them to depart out of the council, they deliberated with one another, Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that truly a known sign has been by them, manifest to all them dwelling in Jerusalem: and we cannot deny. But that it be not more and more exposed to the wind among the people, let us threaten them with a threat, to speak no more in this name to any man. And having called them, they enjoined them universally not to utter neither to teach in the name of Jesus.

And put their hands upon the sent, and set them in the public keeping. And a messenger of the Lord by night opened the doors of the prison, and having brought them forth, said, Go ye, and having stood, speak in the temple all the words of this life. read more.
And having heard, they came in by morning to the temple, and taught. But the chief priest having approached, and they with him, called the council together, and all the assembly of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison for them to be brought. And the attendants having come near, found them not in the prison, and having returned, they announced, Saying, That we truly found the prison shut with all security, and the watch standing without before the doors: and having opened, we found none within. And when the priest and captain of the temple and chief priests heard these words, they were in doubt of them, what this might be. And a certain one having come near, announced to them, saying, That, behold, the men which ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. Then the commander having gone with attendants, brought them, not with force: for they feared the people, lest they might be stoned. And having brought them, they set in the council: and the chief priest asked them, Saying, Did we not announce to you by order, not to teach by this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye desire to bring upon us this man's blood. And Peter having answered, and the sent, said, We must obey God rather than men. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew with your own hands, having hung him upon a tree. This, God exalted, a Chief and Saviour, with his right hand to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins. And we are his witnesses of these words; and the Holy Spirit, whom God gave to them obeying him. And having heard, they gnashed the teeth with rage, and consulted to kill them. And a certain Pharisee having risen up in the council, by name Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honoured by all the people, urged to put the sent without a little while. And he said to them, Men, Israelites, attend to yourselves on account of these men, what ye are about to do. For before these days Theudas arose, saying himself to be somebody: which a number of men followed, about four hundred, who was slain; and all, as many as believed him, were destroyed, and were for nothing. After this Judas the Galilean arose in the days of enrolling, and misled enough people after him: and he perished; and all, as many as believed him, were scattered. And now say I to you, Depart from these men, and leave them; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it shall be destroyed: And if it is of God, ye cannot destroy it; lest ye also be found contenders against God. And by him they were persuaded: and having called the sent, having stripped, they enjoined not to speak in the name of Jesus, and loosed them. Truly therefore they went rejoicing from the face of the council, that for his name they were deemed worthy to be dishonoured. And every day in the temple, and at the house, they ceased not teaching and announcing the good news, Jesus the Christ.

And at that time Herod the king laid hands upon to injure certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added also to take Peter. (They were the days of unleavened bread.) read more.
And having seized, he put him in prison, having delivered to four quaternions of soldiers to watch him; wishing after the pascha to bring him to the people. Truly therefore was Peter kept in prison: and prayer was made continually by the church to God for him. And when Herod was about to bring him before, in that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the watch before the door kept the prison. And, behold, the messenger of the Lord stood before, and a light shone in the dwelling: and having struck Peter's side, he raised him up, saying, Arise quickly. And his chains fell off from the hands. And the messenger said to him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy small sandals. And he did so. And he said to him, Put round thy garment, and follow me. And having come out, he followed him; and knew not that it is true that being done by the messenger; and seemed to see a vision. And having passed by the first and second watch, they came to the iron gate leading to the city; which of its free will was opened to them: and having come out, they advanced one street; and quickly the messenger departed from him. And Peter being as himself, said, Now know I truly that the Lord sent his messenger, and took me out of the hands of Herod, and all the expectation of the people of the Jews. And being conscious, he came to the house of Mary mother of John, surnamed Mark; where were sufficient assembled, and praying. And Peter having knocked at the door of the gate, a young girl came near to listen, by name Rhoda. And having known Peter's voice, from joy she opened not the gate, and running, announced Peter to stand before the gate. And they said to her, Thou art mad. And she was strengthened to have it so. And they said, It is his messenger. And Peter continued knocking: and having opened, they saw him, and were moved. And having shaken with the hand at them to be silent, he related to them how the Lord brought him out of prison. And he said, Announce these things to James, and the brethren. And having come out, he went to another place. And it being day, not a little trouble was among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. And Herod having sought him, and not found, having examined the watch, commanded them to be removed. And having come down from Judea to Cesarea, he tarried.

And before all these shall they cast their hands upon you, and drive out, delivering to assemblies, and prisons, being brought before kings and leaders for my name's sake.

Remember the word which I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they expelled me, they will also expel you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

Except he should receive a hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mother, and children, and fields, with expulsions; and in the time coming eternal life.

Therefore truly those dispersed by the pressure having been on account of Stephen, passed through even to Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except the Jews only. And certain of them were Cyprian and Cyrenian men, who having come to Antioch, spake to the Greeks announcing good news, the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them; and a great number having believed, turned to the Lord.

And Saul was assenting to his murder. And in that day was a great expulsion upon the church in Jerusalem; and all were scattered up and down in the countries of Judea and Samaria, except the sent.

Truly therefore the dispersed passed through announcing good news the word.

And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things. concerning me have rather gone to the advancement of the good news; So that my bonds in Christ were manifest in the whole pretorium, and to all the rest; And many of the brethren in the Lord, having trusted to my bonds, more abundantly dared to speak the word fearlessly.

For zeal, driving out the church; for justice in the law, not to be found fault with.

Being before slandering, expelling, and an abuser: but I was commiserated, because I did, not knowing, in unbelief.

And therefore the Jews drove out Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these in the sabbath.

They also having slain the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and having driven you out; and not pleasing God, and opposite to all men;

And a new king will arise over Egypt, who will not know Joseph. And he will say to his people, Behold, the people of the sons of Israel, many, being strong above us. Come, we will be wise with them, lest they shall multiply, and it was when war shall happen, and also being added to our armies and fighting against us, and they went up from the land. read more.
And they will set over them leaders of the tributes in order to afflict them in their burdens. And they will build cities of stores for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses And as they will afflict them, so they will multiply and will increase. And they will feel disgust from the face of the sons of Israel. And the Egyptians will make the sons of Israel serve by oppression. And they will embitter their lives by hard work in clay, and in bricks, and in all work in the field: all their work in which they made them serve by oppression.

Even though just with God to return pressure to them pressing you;

And he prepared to himself the instruments of death; he will work his arrows for those inflaming.

For the enemy pursued my soul; he crushed to the earth my life; he caused me to dwell in darknesses, as the dead of old.

They pursuing us were swift above the eagle of the heavens: they burned after us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the desert

Happy they driven out for justice: for their's is the kingdom of the heavens. Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake. Rejoice and be transported with joy; for much your reward in the heavens for so they drove out the prophets which before you.

Happy are ye, when men hate you, and when they separate you, and reproach, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice in that day, and skip: for, behold, your reward much in heaven: for according to these did their fathers to the prophets.

And he will send to him a chief of of fifty and his fifty. And he will go Up to him; and behold, he sat upon the head of the mountain. And he will speak to him,. Thou man of God, the king spake, Come down.

And he will go up from thence to the house of God: and he going up in the way, and little boys will come forth from the city, and will scoff at him, and say to him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

Jehovah thy god lives if there is a nation and kingdom where my lord did not send there to seek thee: and they said, No; and he caused the kingdom and nation to swear that they shall not find.

Look upon, answer me, O Jehovah my God: enlighten mine eyes, lest I shall sleep the death;

And they dwelling upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and shall be gladdened, and shall send gifts to one another; for these two prophets tortured them dwelling upon the earth.

Rejoice and be transported with joy; for much your reward in the heavens for so they drove out the prophets which before you.

But, inasmuch as ye participate in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice; that also, in the revelation of his glory, ye might rejoice, transported with joy.

So that all the just blood shed upon the earth might come upon you, from the blood of just Abel to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye killed between the temple and altar.

Not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And for what slew he him? Because his works were evil, and those of his brother just.

And Cain will speak to Abel his brother; and it shall be in their being in the field, Cain will rise up against Abel his brother, and will kill him.

For thus said Jehovah of armies: After glory he sent me to the nations spoiling you: for he touching upon you touched the gate of his eye.

And having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, Why drivest thou me out? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom thou drivest out: hard for thee to kick against goads.

And the Jews urged on the worshipping and distinguished women, and the first men of the city, and they raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and they cast them out of their bounds,

I therefore truly thought to myself, I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus, the Nazarite. Which I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the holy ones I shut up in prison, having received authority from chief priests; and they taken up, I carried down a vote. And in all the synagogues, many times punishing them, I compelled to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I drove out even also to cities without.

Song of David which he sang to Jehovah upon the words of Cush, son of the right hand. O Jehovah my God, in thee I put My trust: save me from all pursuing me, and deliver me:

All thy commands are faithfulness; they pursued me without cause; help thou me.

And Saul was assenting to his murder. And in that day was a great expulsion upon the church in Jerusalem; and all were scattered up and down in the countries of Judea and Samaria, except the sent.

For ye heard of my turning about when in Judaism, that in excess I drove out the church of God, and laid it waste:

And Saul, yet breathing out threatening and murder against the disciples of the Lord, having come to the chief priest, He asked of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he find certain men being of the way, and also women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. And in going, it was he drawing near to Damascus: and suddenly a light from heaven flashed with lightning around him: read more.
And having fallen upon the earth, he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, Why drivest thou me out? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom thou drivest out: hard for thee to kick against goads. And he trembling and amazed said, Lord, What wilt thou me to do? And the Lord to him, Arise, and come into the city, and it shall be spoken to thee what thou must do. And the men journeying with him stood astonished, hearing the voice truly, and seeing no one. And Saul was raised up from the earth; and his eyes being opened, he saw no one: and leading him by the hand, they brought him to Damascus. And he was three days not seeing, and he ate not, nor drank. And a certain disciple was in Damascus, Ananias by name; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I, Lord. And the Lord to him, Having risen, go thou to the street called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas Saul by name, of Tarsus; for, behold, he prays, And he saw in a vision a man, by name Ananias, coming in, and having put hand upon him, so that he might look up and see again. And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how many evils he did to thy holy ones in Jerusalem: And here has he authority from the chief priests to bind all those calling on thy name.

For whom thou didst strike they pursued; and they will relate to the pain of thy wounded.

In the pride of the unjust he will burn the poor: they shall be taken in the devices that they purposed.

Happy are ye, when men hate you, and when they separate you, and reproach, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

Happy they driven out for justice: for their's is the kingdom of the heavens.

If I did not the works in them which none other has done, they had not sin: and now have they also seen and hated also me and my Father.

Remember the word which I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they expelled me, they will also expel you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

For whom thou didst strike they pursued; and they will relate to the pain of thy wounded.

And therefore the Jews drove out Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these in the sabbath.

And the king of Israel will say, Take Micaiah and turn him back to Amon, chief of the city, and to Joash son of the king.

And say, Thus said the king, Put ye this in the house of the prison, and feed him with bread of oppression and water of oppression till my turning back in peace.

So that all the just blood shed upon the earth might come upon you, from the blood of just Abel to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye killed between the temple and altar.

And they will conspire against him, and stone him with stone by the commands of the king in the enclosure of the house of Jehovah.

And that we may be delivered from unfit and evil men: for not faith of all.

And we are wearied, working with our own hands: being reviled, we praise; being driven out, we hold up

Then it being evening, in that one day of the sabbaths, and the doors shut where the disciples were gathered together for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and says to them, Peace to you.

They answered and said to him, In sins wert thou wholly born, and teachest thou us? And they cast him without.

These said his parents, for they feared the Jews: for already had the Jews agreed, that if any should acknowledge him Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

And it being when all these words shall come upon thee, the blessing, and the curse which I gave before thee, and thou shalt turn back to thy heart in all these nations where Jehovah thy God thrust thee away there, And thou turnedst back to Jehovah thy God, and heardst to his voice according to all which I command thee this day, thou and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul: And Jehovah thy God turned back thy captivity, and pitied thee, and he turned back and gathered thee from all the peoples, where Jehovah thy God scattered thee there. read more.
If thy expelling shall be to the end of the heavens, from there thy God will gather thee, and from there he will take thee: And Jehovah thy God brought thee to the land which thy fathers inherited, and thou inheritedst it: and he did good to thee and multiplied thee above thy fathers. And Jehovah thy God circumcised thy heart and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, for the sake of thy life. And Jehovah thy God gave all these curses upon thine enemies and upon those hating thee, who chased thee.

Being driven out, but not forsaken; being cast down, but not destroyed;

For I heard the slander of many sojourning round about: in their sitting together against me they purposed to take away my soul

To the overseer, Thou wilt not destroy, to David a poem; in Saul sending, and they will watch the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O God: thou wilt set me on high from those rising up against me. Deliver me from those working vanity, and save me from men of bloods.

Hear another parable: A certain man was master of a house, who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and digged in it a winepress, and let it out to farmers, and went abroad: And when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his parts. And the farmers having taken his servants, truly one they stripped, and one they killed, and one they stoned. read more.
Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did to them likewise. And afterwards he sent to them his son, saying, They will be changed by my son. And the farmers, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and possess his inheritance. And having taken, they cast out of the vineyard, and killed.

And the chiefs will say to the king, Now shall this man be put to death: for thus he is relaxing the hands of the men of war remaining in this city, and the hands of all the people to speak to them according to these words; for this man sought not for peace to this people but for evil. And king Zedekiah will say, Behold him in your hands; for the king will not be able a word with you. And they will take Jeremiah and send him to the pit of Malchiah son of the king which was in the enclosure of the prison: and they will cast Jeremiah with cords, and in the pit no water but mud: and Jeremiah will sink in the mud.

Song of ascensions. Much they pressed me from my youth, shall Israel now say: Much they pressed me from my youth: also they shall not prevail against me.

And he will say, Wherefore this my lord pursued after his servant? for what did I? and what evil in my hand?

And all wishing to live devotedly in Christ Jesus shall be driven out.

And I, brethren, if I yet proclaim circumcision, why am I. yet driven out? therefore the offence of the cross is left unemployed.

Thou knewest, O Jehovah: remember me, and review me, and avenge for me from him pursuing me; not for being slow of thy wrath wilt thou take me away; know, I suffered reproach for thee.

As many as: wish to have an agreeable demeanor in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only lest they should be driven out for the cross of Christ.

But as then he born according to the flesh drove out him according to the Spirit, so also now.

And others received trial of jestings and scourges, and further, of bonds and imprisonment:

And then the strength of the king of Babel pressed upon Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the enclosure of the prison which was in the house of the king of Judah.

Then these men saying that, We shall not find against this Daniel any pretext except we shall find against him in the law of his God. Then these presidents and satraps ran together with tumult to the king, and saying thus to him, O Darius the king, live thou forever. All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and satraps, and counselors and governors, will counsel together to set up a statute of the kingdom, and to make strong an interdict that whoever shall seek a request from any God and man even to thirty days, except from thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. read more.
Now, O king, wilt thou set up the interdict, and sign the writing, that not to be changed according to the law of Media and Persia, which shall not pass away. For this cause, king Darius signed the writing and the interdict And Daniel as soon as he knew that the writing was signed, went up into his house; and the windows being opened to him in his upper chambers before Jerusalem, three times in the day he kneeled upon his knees, and praying and praising before his God, for the cause that he did from before this Then these men ran together with tumult and found Daniel seeking and making supplication before his God. At that time they drew near, and saying before the king concerning the interdict of the king, Didst thou not sign an interdict that every man that shall seek from any God and man even for thirty days, except from thee, O King, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The word is certain, according to the law of Media and Persia, that shall not pass away. At that time they answered, and saying before the king, That Daniel that is from the sons of the captivity of Judah set not up an account to thee, O king, and to the interdict that thou didst sign; and three times in the day he sought his requests. Then the king as soon as he heard the word, was greatly displeased with himself, and upon Daniel he set the heart to set him free: and even to the going down of the sun he was exerting himself to deliver him. At that time these men ran together with tumult to the king, and saying to the king, Know, O king, that the law to Media and Persia is, that every interdict and statute that the king shall set up is not to be changed. At that time the king said, and they brought Daniel and cast into the den of the lions; the king answered and said to Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest to him continually, he will set thee free. And one stone was brought and set upon the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his signet ring, and with the signet ring of his nobles, that the will shall not be changed upon Daniel.

Chiefs pursued me gratuitously: and my heart was afraid from thy words.

And has no root in himself, but is for a time; and there being pressure or expulsion for the word, straightly is he offended.

And Pharaoh will hear this word, and he will seek to kill Moses. And Moses will flee from the face of Pharaoh, and he will dwell in the land of Midian: and he will sit down by the well.

And Moses will cry to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little and they will stone me.

Then says Jesus to him, Turn back thy sword to its place: for all they having taken the sword, shall perish by the sword.

And say, Thus said the king, Put this in the house of shutting up, and cause him to eat the bread of oppression and the waters of oppression till my coming in peace.

But I say to you, Love your enemies, praise them cursing you, do well to them hating you, and pray for them threatening you, and driving you out.

Therefore let them also suffering according to the will of God commit their souls in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.

And if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him praise God in this portion.

And certain of them arose from the synagogue, called Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrian, and of them from Cilicia and Asia, seeking out with Stephen. And they were not able to withstand the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. Then they put under men, saying, That we have heard him speaking defaming words against Moses, and God. read more.
And they roused together the people, and elders, and scribes, and having stood against, they seized him, and brought to the council, And set false witnesses, saying, This man ceases not speaking defaming words against this holy place, and the law: For we have heard him saying; That Jesus the Nazarite shall abolish this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered to us. And all they sitting in the council, having looked intently upon him, saw his face as the face of a messenger.

From then Jesus began to proclaim, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.

Praise them driving you out: praise ye, and curse not.

And the farmers having taken his servants, truly one they stripped, and one they killed, and one they stoned. Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did to them likewise.

Saying, God forsook him: pursue him and take him, for none delivering.

In the pride of the unjust he will burn the poor: they shall be taken in the devices that they purposed.

My back I gave to those smiting, and my cheeks to those tearing out the hair: and my face I hid not from shame and spittle.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? pressure, or perplexity, or expulsion, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

He was pressed, and he was afflicted, and he will not open his mouth: he was brought as a sheep for the slaughter, and as a sheep before his shearers being dumb and he will not open his mouth.

And the Jews urged on the worshipping and distinguished women, and the first men of the city, and they raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and they cast them out of their bounds,

And many blows having been put upon them, they cast into prison, having commanded the jailor to keep them safely:

In the pride of the unjust he will burn the poor: they shall be taken in the devices that they purposed.

For Herod, having seized John, bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias, his brother Philip's wife: For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her: And wishing to kill him, he was afraid of the crowd, because they held John as a prophet. read more.
The festivities of Herod's birthday being celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod. Wherefore, with an oath, he agreed to give her whatever she should ask. And having been urged on by her mother, Give me, she says, here upon a board, the head of John the Baptist. And the king was grieved: but for his oath, and those reclining together at the table, he ordered to be given. And having sent, he beheaded John in the prison. And his head was brought upon a board, and given to the girl, and she brought to her mother. And his disciples having come near, took away the body, and interred it; and having come, they announced to Jesus.

And the men of the city will rise early in the morning, and behold, the altar of Baal thrown down, and the wooden pillar which is upon it cut down, and the second bullock brought up upon the altar having been built And they will say a man to his neighbor, Who did this word? And they will enquire and search, and they will say, Gideon, son of Joash did this word. And the men of the city will say to Joash, Bring forth thy son and he shall die: for he threw down the altar of Baal, and because he cut down the wooden pillar which is upon it. read more.
And Joash will say to all who stood against him, Will ye contend for Baal? or will ye save him? whoever will contend for him shall die during the morning: if he is a god he will be mighty for himself, for he threw down his altar. And he will call to him in that day, Baal will be powerful, saying, Baal will be mighty against him because he threw down his altar.

Which of the prophets did not your fathers drive out and they slew them announcing beforehand of the coming of the Just; of whom ye have now been traitors and murderers:

And put their hands upon the sent, and set them in the public keeping.

And at that time Herod the king laid hands upon to injure certain of the church.

And these things shall they do to you, for they know not the Father, nor me.

For this cause, at that time men of the Chaldeans drew near and ate up the Jews piece-meal. They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live forever. Thou, O king, didst set an edict, that every man that shall hear the voice of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the lyre, the psaltery and the bagpipe, and all sorts of music, shall fall and prostrate himself to the image of gold: read more.
And whoever shall not fall and prostrate himself shall be cast into the midst of a furnace of flaming fire. There are men, Jews, that thou didst appoint over the business of the province of Babel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; these men set not an account to thee, O king: they served not to thy gods; and to the image of gold that thou didst set up they prostrated themselves not At that time Nebuchadnezzar in anger and wrath, said to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Then they brought these men before the king. Nebuchadnemr answered and said to them, Is it on purpose O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed Nego, ye not serving to my gods, and to the image of gold that I set up, ye not prostrating yourselves? Now if ye being prepared that in the time that ye shall hear the voice of the horn, the pipe, the harp, the lyre, the psaltery, and the bagpipe, and all sorts of music, ye shall fall and prostrate yourselves to the image that I made; and if ye shall not prostrate yourselves in the same moment, ye shall be cast into the midst of the furnace of flaming fire; and who that God that shall deliver you from my hands? Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego answered, and saying to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we need not to turn back to thee upon this word. If it is, our God whom we served will be able to deliver us from the furnace of flaming fire, and from thy hand, O king, he will deliver us. And if not, it shall be made known to thee, O king, that to thy gods we serve not, and to the image of gold that thou didst set up we will not prostrate ourselves: In that time Nebuchadnezzar being filled with wrath, and the form of the visage was changed to him against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego: he answered and said to heat to the furnace one seven times above that it was seen to be heated. To the strong, the strong of strength that were in his army, he said to bind to Shadrach, Mesbach, and Abed-Nego, to cast into the furnace of flaming fire. Then these men were bound in their wide trowsers, their tunics, and their mantles, and their clothing, and were cast into the midst of the furnace of flaming fire. For this cause, as the word of the king being severe, and the furnace exceedingly heated, these men that took up to Shadrach, Meshach, and AbedNego, the flame of fire killed them. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell into the midst of the furnace of flaming fire, bound.

And to the messenger of the church of the Smyrnians write; Thus says the first and the last, who was dead and he lived; I know thy works, and pressure, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and the blasphemy of them saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but the synagogue of the adversary. Neither be afraid of what things thou art about to suffer: behold, the accuser is about to cast of you into prison, that ye might be tried; and ye shall have pressure ten days: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

And the chief priests took counsel that they might also kill Lazarus;

And Asa will be indignant to the seer, and he will give him to the house of the stocks, for he was in anger with him for this And Asa will oppress from the people in that time.

And they will bring forth Urijah from Egypt and bring him to king Jehoiakim; and he will strike him with the sword, and cast his carcass into the graves of the sons of the people.

Ye know the brother Timothy having been set at liberty; with whom, if he come more speedily, I shall see you.

Who drove out this way even to death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women.

And Saul was assenting to his murder. And in that day was a great expulsion upon the church in Jerusalem; and all were scattered up and down in the countries of Judea and Samaria, except the sent.

And it will be in Jezebel's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, and Obadiaha will take a hundred prophets, and hide fifty men in a cave, and he nourished them with bread and water.)

And they constrain a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, passing by, coming from the field, the father of Alexander and Rufus, that he might take up his cross.

And he will say, Thus will God do to me, and thus will he add, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat, shall stand upon him this day.

I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan: and thou holdest my name, and hast not denied my faith, and in the days in which Antipas my faithful witness, who was slain with you, where Satan dwells.

And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

And they will say, Stand off. And they will say, This same came to sojourn, and shall he judge judgment: now will we do evil to thee above them: and they will press upon the man, upon Lot greatly, and they will come near to break the door.

Judah was carried away captive from affliction, and from the greatness of her serving: she dwelt in the nations, she found no rest: all pursuing her overtook her between straitnesses.

I John, and your brother, and partaker in pressure, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, I was in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

And there shall not a hair of your head perish.

Truly therefore they went rejoicing from the face of the council, that for his name they were deemed worthy to be dishonoured.

And Paul having known that one part is of the Sadducees, and the other of the Pharisees, cried in the council, Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, son of a Pharisee: for the hope and rising up of the dead am I judged.

Thou being able to know that not more than twelve days are to me from which I went up, going to worship in Jerusalem. And neither in the temple found they me discussing with any, or making a revolt of the crowd, neither in synagogues, nor in the city: Nor can they bring me forward for things they now accuse me. read more.
And this I confess to thee, that according to the way which they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things written in the law and the prophets: Having hope to God, which they themselves also admit, a rising from the dead about to be, both of just and unjust.

Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake.

Song of David which he sang to Jehovah upon the words of Cush, son of the right hand. O Jehovah my God, in thee I put My trust: save me from all pursuing me, and deliver me:

My times in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from those pursuing me.

All thy commands are faithfulness; they pursued me without cause; help thou me.

Many are they pursuing me and pressing me: I declined not from thy testimonies.

Chiefs pursued me gratuitously: and my heart was afraid from thy words.

Neither be afraid of what things thou art about to suffer: behold, the accuser is about to cast of you into prison, that ye might be tried; and ye shall have pressure ten days: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

Then shall they deliver you to pressure, and they shall kill you: and ye shall be hated by all nations, for my name.

And hold ye from men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their assemblies will they scourge you.

And before all these shall they cast their hands upon you, and drive out, delivering to assemblies, and prisons, being brought before kings and leaders for my name's sake.

Remember the word which I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they expelled me, they will also expel you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

And Herod having set him at nought with his troops, and having mocked, putting about him shining clothing, sent him out to Pilate.

And therefore the Jews drove out Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these in the sabbath.

And having risen up, they cast him without the city, and they brought him to the brow of the mount upon which their city was built, to hurt him down.

And Jesus walked after these in Galilee: for he wished not to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, for my word has no place in you.

Happy are ye, when they shall upbraid you, and drive you out, and say every evil word against you, lying, for my sake.