'Persecuted' in the Bible

“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons,

and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;

For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;

but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy.”

But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also.

But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.

Those who desire to make a good showing in the flesh try to compel you to be circumcised, simply so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.