TopicLife CircumstancesBoth Testaments
persecution
Scripture speaks directly to persecution, offering comfort, wisdom, and the assurance of God's presence.
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Verse Refs
37
Books
36
Sub-Topics
Overview
What does the Bible say about persecution? Browse 9 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
Topical Index
36 sub-topics from Nave's Topical Bible
OF JESUS
Genesis 3:15Psalms 2:1-5Psalms 22:1,2,6-8,11-21Psalms 69:1-21Psalms 109:25Isaiah 49:7+44 more
OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Genesis 49:23Job 1:9Job 2:4,5Job 12:4,5Psalms 11:2Psalms 37:32+74 more
A mode of divine chastisement
Lamentations 1:3
Diffuses the gospel
Acts 8:1,4Acts 11:19-21Philippians 1:12-14
Deliverance from
Psalms 124Psalms 129:1,2
INSTANCES OF
Of Abel
Genesis 4:8Matthew 23:351 John 3:12
Of Lot
Genesis 19:9
Of Moses
Exodus 2:15Exodus 17:4
Of David
Psalms 31:13Psalms 59:1,2
Of prophets martyred by Jezebel
1 Kings 18:4
Of Gideon
Judges 6:28-32
Of Elijah
1 Kings 18:101 Kings 192 Kings 1:92 Kings 2:23
Of Micaiah
1 Kings 22:262 Chronicles 18:26
Of Elisha
2 Kings 6:31
Of Hanani
2 Chronicles 16:10
Of Zachariah
2 Chronicles 24:21Matthew 23:35
Of JOB
Job 13:4-13Job 16:1-4Job 17:2Job 19:1-5Job 30:1-10
Of Jeremiah
Jeremiah 15:10,15Jeremiah 17:15-18Jeremiah 18:18-23Jeremiah 26Jeremiah 32:2Jeremiah 33:1+3 more
Of Urijah
Jeremiah 26:23
Of prophets
Matthew 21:35,36
Of the three Hebrew young men (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego) of the captivity
Daniel 3:8-23
Of Daniel
Daniel 6
Of the Jews
Ezra 4Nehemiah 4
Of John the Baptist
Matthew 14:3-12
... and 11 more sub-topics
Key Verses
1
Genesis 3:15
OF JESUS
2
Genesis 49:23
OF THE RIGHTEOUS
3
Lamentations 1:3
A mode of divine chastisement
4
Acts 8:1,4
Diffuses the gospel
5
Psalms 124
Deliverance from
6
Genesis 4:8
Of Abel
7
Genesis 19:9
Of Lot
8
Exodus 2:15
Of Moses
9
Psalms 31:13
Of David
10
1 Kings 18:4
Of prophets martyred by Jezebel