TOPICAL BIBLE
Persecution
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Daniel 3:11and whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.Daniel 3:12There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not respected you. They don’t serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.Daniel 3:13Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.Daniel 3:14Nebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?Daniel 3:15Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well: but if you don’t worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?Daniel 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.Daniel 3:17If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.Daniel 3:18But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.Daniel 3:19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.Daniel 3:20He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.Daniel 3:21Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics, and their mantles, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.Daniel 3:22Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.Daniel 3:23These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.Amos 5:10They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks blamelessly.Micah 5:1Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.Habakkuk 1:13You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,Matthew 2:13Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.Matthew 5:11“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.Matthew 5:12Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.Matthew 5:44But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,Matthew 10:16“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Matthew 10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.Matthew 10:18Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.Matthew 10:21“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.Matthew 10:22You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.Matthew 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.Matthew 10:28Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.Matthew 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is justified by her children.”Matthew 12:14But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”Matthew 14:3For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.Matthew 14:4For John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”Matthew 14:5When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.Matthew 14:6But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.Matthew 14:7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.Matthew 14:8She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”Matthew 14:9The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,Matthew 14:10and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.Matthew 14:11His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother.Matthew 14:12His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.Matthew 16:1The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.Matthew 20:22But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”Matthew 20:23He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”Matthew 21:35The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.Matthew 21:36Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;Matthew 23:35that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.Matthew 24:8But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.Matthew 24:10Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.Matthew 26:4They took counsel together that they might take Jesus by deceit, and kill him.Matthew 26:14Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,Matthew 26:15and said, “What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?” They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.Matthew 26:16From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;Matthew 26:67Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and on our children!”