'Persistently' in the Bible

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.

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 if it persistently produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.