TOPICAL BIBLE
Persecution
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Daniel 3:11and whoso doth not fall down and do obeisance, is cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.Daniel 3:12There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the work of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, these men have not made of thee, O king, any regard; thy gods they are not serving, and to the golden image thou hast raised up—are not making obeisance.’Daniel 3:13Then Nebuchadnezzar, in anger and fury, hath said to bring in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Then these men have been brought in before the king.Daniel 3:14Nebuchadnezzar hath answered and said to them, ‘Is it a laid plan, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego—my gods ye are not serving, and to the golden image that I have raised up ye are not doing obeisance?Daniel 3:15Now, lo, ye are ready, so that at the time that ye hear the voice of the cornet, the flute, the harp, the sackbut, the psaltery, and the symphony, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and do obeisance to the image that I have made!—and lo, ye do no obeisance—in that hour ye are cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; who is that God who doth deliver you out of my hands?’Daniel 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego have answered, yea, they are saying to the king Nebuchadnezzar, ‘We have no need concerning this matter to answer thee.Daniel 3:17Lo, it is; our God whom we are serving, is able to deliver us from a burning fiery furnace; and from thy hand, O king, He doth deliver.Daniel 3:18And lo—not! be it known to thee, O king, that thy gods we are not serving, and to the golden image thou hast raised up we do no obeisance.’Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar hath been full of fury, and the expression of his face hath been changed concerning Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; he answered and said to heat the furnace seven times above that which it is seen to be heated;Daniel 3:20and to certain mighty men who are in his force he hath said to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to cast into the burning fiery furnace.Daniel 3:21Then these men have been bound in their coats, their tunics, and their turbans, and their clothing, and have been cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.Daniel 3:22Therefore, because that the word of the king is urgent, and the furnace heated exceedingly, those men who have taken up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego—killed them hath the spark of the fire.Daniel 3:23And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, have fallen down in the midst of the burning fiery furnace—bound.Amos 5:10They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate.Micah 5:1Now gather thyself together, O daughter of troops, A siege he hath laid against us, With a rod they smite on the cheek the judge of Israel.Habakkuk 1:13Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,Matthew 2:13And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, ‘Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.’Matthew 5:10‘Happy those persecuted for righteousness’ sake—because theirs is the reign of the heavens.Matthew 5:11‘Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake—Matthew 5:12rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.Matthew 5:44but I—I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,Matthew 10:16‘Lo, I do send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves, be ye therefore wise as the serpents, and simple as the doves.Matthew 10:17And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,Matthew 10:18and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.Matthew 10:21‘And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,Matthew 10:22and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.Matthew 10:23‘And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come.Matthew 10:28‘And be not afraid of those killing the body, and are not able to kill the soul, but fear rather Him who is able both soul and body to destroy in gehenna.Matthew 11:19the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.’Matthew 12:14And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,Matthew 12:24but the Pharisees having heard, said, ‘This one doth not cast out demons, except by Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons.’Matthew 14:3For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip’s wife,Matthew 14:4for John was saying to him, ‘It is not lawful to thee to have her,’Matthew 14:5and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.Matthew 14:6But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,Matthew 14:7whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.Matthew 14:8And she having been instigated by her mother—‘Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;Matthew 14:9and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given;Matthew 14:10and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,Matthew 14:11and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought it nigh to her mother.Matthew 14:12And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,Matthew 16:1And the Pharisees and Sadducees having come, tempting, did question him, to shew to them a sign from the heaven,Matthew 20:22And Jesus answering said, ‘Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?’ They say to him, ‘We are able.’Matthew 20:23And he saith to them, ‘Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but—to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.’Matthew 21:35and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.Matthew 21:36‘Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,Matthew 23:34‘Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;Matthew 23:35that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:Matthew 24:8and all these are the beginning of sorrows;Matthew 24:9then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;Matthew 24:10and then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.Matthew 26:3Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;Matthew 26:4and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill him,Matthew 26:14Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, having gone unto the chief priests, said,Matthew 26:15‘What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?’ and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings,Matthew 26:16and from that time he was seeking a convenient season to deliver him up.Matthew 26:59And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,Matthew 26:67Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others did slap,Matthew 27:25and all the people answering said, ‘His blood is upon us, and upon our children!’