TOPICAL BIBLE
Persecution
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Psalm 119:86All Thy commands are faithfulness, With falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.Psalm 119:87Almost consumed me on earth have they, And I—I have not forsaken Thy precepts.Psalm 119:95Thy wicked waited for me to destroy me, Thy testimonies I understand.Psalm 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.Psalm 119:157Many are my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.Psalm 119:161Shin. Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.Proverbs 29:10Men of blood hate the perfect, And the upright seek his soul.Proverbs 29:27An abomination to the righteous is the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked is the upright in the way!Isaiah 26:20Come, My people, enter into thy inner chambers, And shut thy doors behind thee, Hide thyself shortly a moment till the indignation pass over.Isaiah 29:20For ceased hath the terrible one, And consumed hath been the scorner, And cut off have been all watching for iniquity,Isaiah 29:21Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.Isaiah 49:7Thus said Jehovah, Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, To the despised in soul, To the abominated of a nation, To the servant of rulers: ‘Kings see, and have risen, princes, and worship, For the sake of Jehovah, who is faithful, The Holy of Israel, and He chooseth thee.’Isaiah 50:6My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.Isaiah 51:12I—I am He—your comforter, Who art thou—and thou art afraid of man? he dieth! And of the son of man—grass he is made!Isaiah 51:13And thou dost forget Jehovah thy maker, Who is stretching out the heavens, and founding earth, And thou dost fear continually all the day, Because of the fury of the oppressor, As he hath prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?Isaiah 52:14As astonished at thee have been many, (So marred by man his appearance, And his form by sons of men.)Isaiah 53:2Yea, he cometh up as a tender plant before Him, And as a root out of a dry land, He hath no form, nor honour, when we observe him, Nor appearance, when we desire him.Isaiah 53:3He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.Isaiah 53:4Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains—he hath carried them, And we—we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.Isaiah 53:5And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace is on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.Isaiah 53:7It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.Isaiah 53:8By restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation who doth meditate, That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the transgression of My people he is plagued,Isaiah 53:9And it appointeth with the wicked his grave, And with the rich are his high places, Because he hath done no violence, Nor is deceit in his mouth.Isaiah 53:10And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed—he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.Isaiah 59:15And the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.Jeremiah 2:30In vain I have smitten your sons, Instruction they have not accepted, Devoured hath your sword your prophets, As a destroying lion.Jeremiah 11:19And I am as a trained lamb brought to slaughter, And I have not known That against me they have devised devices: We destroy the tree with its food, and cut him off From the land of the living, And his name is not remembered again.Jeremiah 15:10Woe to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me—All of them are reviling me.Jeremiah 15:15Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know—I have borne for Thee reproach.Jeremiah 17:15Lo, they are saying unto me: ‘Where is the word of Jehovah? pray, let it come.’Jeremiah 17:16And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou—Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,Jeremiah 17:17Be not Thou to me for a terror, My hope art Thou in a day of evil.Jeremiah 17:18Let my pursuers be ashamed, and let not me be ashamed—me! Let them be affrighted, and let not me be affrighted—me! Bring in on them a day of evil, And a second time with destruction destroy them.Jeremiah 18:18And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.Jeremiah 18:19Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.Jeremiah 18:20Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,Jeremiah 18:22A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.Jeremiah 18:23And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me is for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!Jeremiah 20:7Thou hast persuaded me, O Jehovah, and I am persuaded; Thou hast hardened me, and dost prevail, I have been for a laughter all the day, Every one is mocking at me,Jeremiah 20:8Because from the time I speak I cry out, ‘Violence and destruction,’ I cry, For the word of Jehovah hath been to me For reproach and for derision all the day.Jeremiah 26:11And the priests and the prophets speak unto the heads, and unto all the people, saying, ‘Judgment of death is for this man, for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.’Jeremiah 26:12And Jeremiah speaketh unto all the heads, and unto all the people, saying, ‘Jehovah sent me to prophesy concerning this house, and concerning this city, all the words that ye have heard;Jeremiah 26:13And now, amend your ways, and your doings, and hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God, and Jehovah doth repent concerning the evil that He hath spoken against you.Jeremiah 26:14And I, lo, I am in your hand, do to me as is good and as is right in your eyes;Jeremiah 26:23And they bring out Urijah from Egypt, and bring him in unto the king Jehoiakim, and he smiteth him with a sword, and casteth his corpse unto the graves of the sons of the people.’Jeremiah 32:2And then the forces of the king of Babylon are laying siege against Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet hath been shut up in the court of the prison that is in the house of the king of Judah,Jeremiah 33:1And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah a second time—and he is yet detained in the court of the prison—saying:Jeremiah 36:26And the king commandeth Jerahmeel son of Hammelek, and Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Jehovah doth hide them.Jeremiah 38:1And Shephatiah son of Mattan, and Gedaliah son of Pashhur, and Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah, hear the words that Jeremiah is speaking unto all the people, saying,Jeremiah 38:2‘Thus said Jehovah: He who is remaining in this city dieth, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, and he who is going forth unto the Chaldeans liveth, and his soul hath been to him for a prey, and he liveth.Jeremiah 38:3Thus said Jehovah: This city is certainly given into the hand of the force of the king of Babylon, and he hath captured it.’Jeremiah 38:4And the heads say unto the king, ‘Let, we pray thee, this man be put to death, because that he is making feeble the hands of the men of war, who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them according to these words, for this man is not seeking for the peace of this people, but for its evil.’Jeremiah 38:5And the king Zedekiah saith, ‘Lo, he is in your hand: for the king is not able for you in anything.’Jeremiah 38:6And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that is in the court of the prison, and they send down Jeremiah with cords; and in the pit there is no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire.Jeremiah 50:7All finding them have devoured them, And their adversaries have said: We are not guilty, Because that they sinned against Jehovah, The habitation of righteousness, And the hope of their fathers—Jehovah.Lamentations 1:3Removed hath Judah because of affliction, And because of the abundance of her service; She hath dwelt among nations, She hath not found rest, All her pursuers have overtaken her between the straits.Daniel 3:8Therefore at that time drawn near have certain Chaldeans, and accused the Jews;Daniel 3:9they have answered, yea, they are saying to Nebuchadnezzar the king, ‘O king, to the ages live!Daniel 3:10Thou, O king, hast made a decree that every man who doth hear the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, and the symphony, and all kinds of music, doth fall down and do obeisance to the golden image;