'Persistently' in the Bible
because John had persistently said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."
Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon."
He went down to Nazareth with them, and was continually submissive and obedient to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart.
They, however, persistently shouted, "Crucify, crucify him!"
Whoever rejects Me and refuses to accept My teachings, has one who judges him; the very word that I spoke will judge and condemn him on the last day.
So Peter was kept in prison, but fervent and persistent prayer for him was being made to God by the church.
They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, “It is his angel!”
But they quarrelled with him about certain matters connected with their own religion, and about one Jesus who had died, but--so Paul persistently maintained--is now alive.
but if it persistently produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.
but may rather be restored. Persistently strive for peace with all men, and for that growth in holiness apart from which no one will see the Lord.