Acts 8:1
And Saul was agreeing with his murder. Now there happened on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 7:58
And [after they] had driven [him] out of the city, they began to stone [him], and the witnesses laid aside their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 5:33
Now [when] they heard [this], they were infuriated, and were wanting to execute them.
Acts 5:40
And they summoned the apostles, beat [them], commanded [them] not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released [them].
Acts 22:20
And when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I myself also was standing near and was approving, and was guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.'
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power [when] the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest part of the earth."
Acts 8:4
Now those who had been scattered went about proclaiming the good news [of] the word.
Acts 8:14
Now [when] the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
Acts 9:31
Then the church throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being strengthened. And living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it was increasing [in numbers].
Exodus 10:28-29
And Pharaoh said to him, "Go from me. {Be careful} not to see my face again, because on the day of your seeing my face you will die."
Nehemiah 6:3
So I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work and I am not able to come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you all?"
Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego answered and said to the king, Nebuchadnezzar, "We have no need on this matter {to present a defense to you}.
Daniel 6:10
Now {when} Daniel realized that the document was signed, he went to his house ({now he had windows in his upper room that were open} toward Jerusalem), and three times {daily} he knelt on his knees and prayed and [gave] praise before his God, {just as} he had been doing {previously}.
Daniel 6:23
Then the king was exceedingly glad over it and commanded [that] Daniel be lifted up from the pit; and [there] was not any wound found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
Matthew 5:13
"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes tasteless, by what will it be made salty? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown outside [and] trampled under foot by people.
Matthew 10:25-28
[It is] enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household?
Matthew 22:6
And the others, seizing his slaves, mistreated [them] and killed [them].
Matthew 23:34
For this [reason], behold, I am sending to you prophets and wise men and scribes. [Some] of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and will pursue from town to town,
Luke 11:49-50
For this [reason] also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they will kill and persecute,'
John 4:39-42
Now from that town many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me everything that I have done."
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
John 16:2
{They will expel you from the synagogue}, but an hour is coming that everyone who kills you will think they are offering service to God.
Acts 2:47
praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding every day to the total [of] those who were being saved.
Acts 5:18
And they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.
Acts 5:20
"Go and stand in the temple [courts] [and] proclaim to the people all the words of this life."
Acts 7:38
This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and who [with] our fathers received living oracles to give to us,
Acts 7:54
Now [when they] heard these [things], they were infuriated in their hearts and gnashed [their] teeth at him.
Acts 11:19-22
Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, proclaiming the message to no one except Jews alone.
Acts 13:1
Now there were prophets and teachers in Antioch in the church that was there: Barnabas, and Simeon (who was called Niger), and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
Philippians 1:12
Now I want you to know, brothers, that {my circumstances} have happened instead for the progress of the gospel,
Hebrews 11:27
By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king, for he persevered as [if he] saw the invisible one.