TOPICAL BIBLE
Persecution
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2 Timothy 1:12For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.2 Timothy 2:9wherein I suffer hardship unto bonds, as a malefactor; but the word of God is not bound.2 Timothy 2:10Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.2 Timothy 2:11Faithful is the saying: For if we died with him, we shall also live with him:2 Timothy 2:12if we endure, we shall also reign with him: if we shall deny him, he also will deny us:2 Timothy 3:2For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,2 Timothy 3:3without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,2 Timothy 3:12Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.2 Timothy 4:16At my first defence no one took my part, but all forsook me: may it not be laid to their account.2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.Hebrews 10:32But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings;Hebrews 10:33partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used.Hebrews 10:34For ye both had compassion on them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one.Hebrews 11:25choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;Hebrews 11:26accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.Hebrews 11:27By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.Hebrews 11:33who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,Hebrews 11:34quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight armies of aliens.Hebrews 11:35Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:Hebrews 11:36and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:Hebrews 11:37they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treatedHebrews 11:38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.Hebrews 12:2looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Hebrews 12:3For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.Hebrews 12:4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:Hebrews 13:13Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.Hebrews 13:23Know ye that our brother Timothy hath been set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.James 2:6But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?James 5:6Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you.James 5:10Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.1 Peter 3:14But even if ye should suffer for righteousness’ sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;1 Peter 3:16having a good conscience; that, wherein ye are spoken against, they may be put to shame who revile your good manner of life in Christ.1 Peter 3:17For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.1 Peter 4:1Forasmuch then as Christ suffered in the flesh, arm ye yourselves also with the same mind; for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;1 Peter 4:3For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:1 Peter 4:4wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:1 Peter 4:12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:1 Peter 4:13but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.1 Peter 4:14If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.1 Peter 4:16but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.1 Peter 4:19Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.1 John 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.1 John 3:12not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.1 John 3:13Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.Revelation 1:9I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.Revelation 2:3and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name’s sake, and hast not grown weary.Revelation 2:8And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again:Revelation 2:9I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.Revelation 2:10Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.Revelation 2:13I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.Revelation 6:9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:Revelation 6:10and they cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?Revelation 6:11And there was given them to each one a white robe; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little time, until their fellow-servants also and their brethren, who should be killed even as they were, should have fulfilled their course.Revelation 7:13And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, These that are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and whence came they?Revelation 7:14And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.Revelation 7:15Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them.Revelation 7:16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat:Revelation 7:17for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.Revelation 12:11And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.