Bible Verses About Persecution - Nave’s Topical Bible

Operator / Syntax	Description	Example Query & Result
`+` (or space)	Logical AND: Finds verses containing all terms. Note that searching words separated only by a space behaves as an exact phrase. Use `+` to find terms anywhere in the same verse.	`jesus + wept` Finds verses containing both "jesus" and "wept" in any order.
`-`	Logical NOT / Exclude: Excludes verses containing the term after the minus sign.	`jesus - wept` Finds verses containing "jesus" but NOT "wept".
`\|`	Logical OR: Finds verses containing either term.	`grace \| mercy` Finds verses containing "grace", "mercy", or both.
`%`	Multi-character Wildcard: Matches zero or more non-space characters.	`behav%` Matches "behave", "behaved", "behaveth", "behavior", etc.
`_`	Single-character Wildcard: Matches exactly one single alphabetical character.	`h_t` Matches "hat", "hot", "hit", etc.
`" "`	Exact Phrase: Wraps a search term in double quotes to find an exact match for the entire phrase.	`"in the beginning"` Finds verses containing exactly "in the beginning" with no variations.
`[Book]`	Search Scope: Restricts your search to a specific book, range of books, or chapter range.	`lord [Matt]` (Only Matthew) `faith [Heb - Jam]` (Hebrews to James) `spirit [Matt 4 - 8]` (Matthew Ch. 4 to 8) `love [John 1:1 - 3:16]` (Specific range)

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Persecution

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Of Jesus Gen 3:15; Ps 2:1–5; 22:1, 2, 6–8, 11–21; 69:1–21; 109:25; Isa 49:7; 50:6; 52:14; 53:2–5, 7–10; Mic 5:1; Matt 2:13; 11:19; 12:14, 24; 16:1; 20:22; 22:15; 26:3, 4, 14–16, 59, 67; 27:25–30, 39–44; Mark 3:6, 21, 22; 11:18; 12:13; 14:1, 48, 65; 15:14, 34; 16:17; Luke 4:28, 29; 6:11; 7:34; 11:15, 53, 54; 12:50; 13:31; 19:14, 47; 20:20; 22:2–5, 52, 53, 63–65; 23:11, 23; John 5:16; 7:1, 7, 19, 20, 30, 32; 8:37, 40, 48, 52, 59; 10:20, 31, 39; 11:57; 14:30; 15:18, 20, 21, 24, 25; 18:22, 23, 29, 30; 19:6, 15; Acts 2:23; 3:13–15; 4:27; 7:52; 13:27–29; Heb 12:2, 3; 1 Pet 4:1
Of the righteous Gen 49:23; Job 1:9; 2:4, 5; 12:4, 5; Ps 11:2; 37:32; 38:20; 42:3, 10; 44:15–18, 22; 56:5; 69:10, 12; 74:7, 8; 94:5; 119:51, 61, 69, 78, 85–87, 95, 110, 157, 161; Prov 29:10, 27; Isa 26:20; 29:20, 21; 51:12, 13; 59:15; Jer 2:30; 11:19; 15:10; 18:18; 20:7, 8; 26:11–14; 50:7; Amos 5:10; Hab 1:13; Matt 5:10–12, 44; 10:16–18, 21–23, 28; 20:22, 23; 23:34, 35; 24:8–10; Mark 9:42; 13:9, 11–13; Luke 6:22, 23, 26; 17:33; 21:12–19; John 12:42; 15:18, 19; 16:1, 2; 17:14; Acts 4:16–20; 5:29, 40–42; 7:52; 8:4; 28:22; Rom 8:17, 35–37; 1 Cor 4:9–13; 13:3; 2 Cor 4:8–12; 6:4, 5, 8–10; 11:23–27; 12:10; Gal 4:29; 6:12, 17; Phil 1:12–14, 28, 29; Col 1:24; 1 Thess 1:6; 2:2, 14, 15; 2 Thess 1:4; 2 Tim 1:8, 12; 2:9–12; 3:2, 3, 12; 4:16, 17; Heb 10:32–34; 11:25–27, 33–38; 12:3, 4; 13:13; Jas 2:6; 5:6, 10; 1 Pet 3:14, 16, 17; 4:3, 4, 12–14, 16, 19; 1 John 3:1, 13; Rev 2:3, 10, 13; 6:9–11; 7:13–17; 12:11; 17:6; 20:4
See Paul
A mode of divine chastisement Lam 1:3
Diffuses the gospel Acts 8:1, 4; 11:19–21; Phil 1:12–14
Deliverance from Ps 124; 129:1, 2
Instances of
Of Abel Gen 4:8; Matt 23:35; 1 John 3:12
Of Lot Gen 19:9
Of Moses Ex 2:15; 17:4
Of David Ps 31:13; 59:1, 2
Of prophets martyred by Jezebel 1 Kgs 18:4
Of Gideon Judg 6:28–32
Of Elijah 1 Kgs 18:10; 19; 2 Kgs 1:9; 2:23
Of Micaiah 1 Kgs 22:26; 2 Chr 18:26
Of Elisha 2 Kgs 6:31
Of Hanani 2 Chr 16:10
Of Zachariah 2 Chr 24:21; Matt 23:35
Of Job Job 13:4–13; 16:1–4; 17:2; 19:1–5; 30:1–10
Of Jeremiah Jer 15:10, 15; 17:15–18; 18:18–23; 26; 32:2; 33:1; 36:26; 37; 38:1–6
Of Urijah Jer 26:23
Of prophets Matt 21:35, 36
Of the three Hebrew young men (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego) of the captivity Dan 3:8–23
Of Daniel Dan 6
Of the Jews Ezra 4; Neh 4
Of John the Baptist Matt 14:3–12
Of James Acts 12:2
Of Simon Mark 15:21
Of the disciples John 9:22, 34; 20:19
Of Lazarus John 12:10
Of the apostles Acts 4:3–18; 5:18–42; 12:1–19; Rev 1:9
Of Stephen Acts 6:9–15; 7
Of the ekklesia (body of Christ) Acts 8:1; 9:1–14; Gal 1:13
Of Timothy Heb 13:23
Of John Rev 1:9
Of Antipas Rev 2:13
Of the congregation at Smyrna Rev 2:8–10

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.

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