6 Bible Verses about Prayer During Persecution

So Peter was closely guarded in prison, while earnest prayer for him was offered to God by the church.

So they stoned Stephen, who called on the Lord, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" Then he knelt down and cried aloud, "Lord, let not this sin stand against them!" With these words he slept the sleep of death.

When he grasped the situation, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was surnamed Mark, where a number had met for prayer.

The crowd also joined in the attack upon them, while the praetors, after having them stripped and after ordering them to be flogged with rods, had many lashes inflicted on them and put them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safe. On receiving so strict a charge, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.read more.
But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing to God, while the prisoners listened,

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

let your hope be a joy to you; be stedfast in trouble, attend to prayer,