'Persecuted' in the Bible

"Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake.

Be joyful and triumphant, because your reward is great in the Heavens; for so were the Prophets before you persecuted.

Bear in mind what I said to you, 'A servant is not superior to his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

I persecuted to death this new faith, continually binding both men and women and throwing them into prison;

Homes we have none. Wearily we toil, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we bear it patiently;

For I am the least of the Apostles, and am not fit to be called an Apostle--because I persecuted the Church of God.

For you have heard of my early career in Judaism--how I furiously persecuted the Church of God, and made havoc of it;

Yet just as, at that time, the child born in the common course of nature persecuted the one whose birth was due to the power of the Spirit, so it is now.

All who desire to display their zeal for external observances try to compel you to receive circumcision, but their real object is simply to escape being persecuted for the Cross of Christ.

And indeed every one who is determined to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.