'Persecuted' in the Bible

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

SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

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.