Jeremiah 20:2
Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate of the Temple.
Jeremiah 37:13
He was in the Gate of Benjamin, and chief officer Irijah, Shelemiah's son and the grandson of Hananiah, was there. He arrested Jeremiah the prophet, accusing him: "You are going over to the Chaldeans!"
Jeremiah 1:19
They'll fight against you, but they won't prevail against you, because I am with you," declares the LORD, "to deliver you."
Zechariah 14:10
The entire land will become like the Arabah plain from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem. It will be raised up and inhabited where it is, from the Gate of Benjamin to the First Gate, then to the Corner Gate, to the Hananel Tower, and to the king's winepresses.
1 Kings 22:27
Give him this order: "Place him in prison on survival rations of bread and water only until I come back safely.'"
2 Chronicles 16:10
In response, Asa flew into a rage and locked up the seer in stocks in the palace prison because of what Hanani had told him. Asa also tortured some of the people of Israel at that time.
2 Chronicles 24:21
But the people conspired against him, and at the direct orders of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD's Temple.
Jeremiah 29:26
The LORD made you a priest instead of Jehoiada the priest to serve in the LORD's Temple as an official against every crazy prophet, and to put him in stocks and restraints.
Amos 7:10-13
So Amaziah priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel. It said, "Amos has been conspiring against you in the very heart of the house of Israel! The land cannot bear everything he has to say,
Job 13:27
You've locked my feet in stocks; you watch all my steps; You've limited where I can walk.
Jeremiah 19:14-15
Then Jeremiah went from Topheth where the LORD had sent him to prophesy. He stood in the courtyard of the LORD's Temple, saying to all the people,
Jeremiah 26:8
As soon as Jeremiah finished saying everything that the LORD had commanded him to say to all the people, the priests, the prophets, and all the people seized him, telling him as they did: "You must certainly die!
Jeremiah 36:26
The king ordered his son Jerahmeel, Azriel's son Seraiah, and Abdeel's son Shelemiah to get Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD had hidden them.
Jeremiah 37:15-16
The officials were angry with Jeremiah and beat him. They put him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe because they had made it into a prison.
Jeremiah 38:6-7
So they threw Jeremiah into a cistern that belonged to the king's son Malchijah and was located in the courtyard of the guard. When they let Jeremiah down with ropes, because there was no water in the cistern only mud Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Matthew 5:10-12
"How blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!
Matthew 21:35
But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones.
Matthew 23:34-37
"That is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
Acts 4:3
So they arrested them and placed them in custody until the next day, since it was already evening.
Acts 5:18
arrested the apostles, and put them in the city jail.
Acts 5:40
So they were convinced by him. After calling in the apostles and beating them, they again ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus and let them go.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your ancestors fail to persecute? They killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.
Acts 16:22-24
The crowd joined in the attack against them. Then the magistrates had Paul and Silas stripped of their clothes and ordered them beaten with rods.
Hebrews 11:36-37
Still others endured taunts and floggings, and even chains and imprisonment.
Revelation 2:10
Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The Devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.
Revelation 17:6
I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus. I was very surprised when I saw her.