36 occurrences in 12 translations

'Persecuted' in the Bible

“The [skilled] archers have bitterly attacked and provoked him;They have shot [at him] and harassed him.

Verse ConceptsNations Attacking IsraelBitternessharassment

And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedThe Curse Of The LawOvercoming EnemiesEnemiesEnemy Attackshaterscurses

He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Verse ConceptsTeethGnashing Of TeethGod Seeing All PeopleGod Angry With Individuals

For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten,And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded.

Verse ConceptsCharacter Of WickedPersecution, Nature OfGod Beating PeopleHurtharassment

Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.

Verse ConceptsBrokennessdiscouragementKindnessUnkindnessCharacter Of WickedPersecutionA Broken HeartBroken Heartsheartbrokenharassment

"Since my youth they have often persecuted me," let Israel repeat it,

Verse ConceptsTreatment From Youth

"Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me.

Verse ConceptsTreatment From YouthPersecutionOvercoming Hard TimesEnemy Attacks

For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

Verse ConceptsMonotonyColors, BlackState Of The Deadcrushes

He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

Verse Conceptsrelentless

Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Killed His PeopleNot SparingAnger And Forgivenesspity

And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on sabbath.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfPlottingPersecution Of ChristThe Sabbath And ChristWhy People Did Things

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

Verse ConceptsMartyrdom, Examples OfPredictionsPrejudiceProphets, Lives OfRejection Of GodNames And Titles For ChristDenunciationsHanding Over ChristKilling ProphetsPredicting ChristProphets SufferingChrist Was KilledRighteousness Of Christ

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

Verse ConceptsForeign ThingsBlasphemy

For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

Verse ConceptsPaul, Life OfZeal, Without KnowledgeDestruction Of The ChurchThe Church UniversalChurch Of GodPersecutionchristianitypasttrying

But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.

Verse ConceptsFaith, As A Body Of Beliefsenemies, of Jesus ChristGospel, Transmission OfPersecution, Forms Of

Now brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionOffenceNecessity Of CircumcisionSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionPersecution

Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised—but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessOutward AppearanceLiving For The MaterialNecessity Of CircumcisionOutward CompulsionSignificance Of Christ's CrucifixionPersecutionThe Crosstrying

In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.

Verse ConceptseagernessRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanZealFulfilling The LawPlea Of InnocenceThe Church UniversalPersecutionzealots

For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same [kind of] persecution from your own countrymen, as they did from the Jews,

Verse ConceptsImitating OthersImitatingTeachingImitating Good PeopleAntagonism From Jew And Gentile

Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

Verse ConceptsExcommunicationKilling ProphetsProphets KilledChrist Was KilledNot Pleasing GodRaceprophets

and how I was persecuted and suffered in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Through Jesus ChristAfflictions, In Christian LivingDeliverance, Types OfRescuePersecution Of The Apostle PaulPersecution

And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfJudgment Of DemonsJudgment Of Fallen AngelsPersecution

Bible Theasaurus

Oppress (69 instances)
Persecute (48 instances)
Persecuted (36 instances)

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